Taliban dismiss over 280 police officers for failure to grow beards
The Morality Ministry of Taliban, on Tuesday, dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard.
Mohibullah Mokhlis, Director of Planning and Legislation at the ministry, told a press conference that their dismissal was in line with their interpretation of Islamic law.
He further disclosed that officials had destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling “immoral and unethical” films in markets.
Taliban stated that more than 13,000 people have been detained in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year.
The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its annual operations update that around half of those detained had been let go after 24 hours. It did not break down the type of the alleged offences or gender of the detainees.