Beardless Men's Testimony Not Accepted

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Beardless Men's Testimony Not Accepted

It is one of the cold days of winter and dozens of people have stood in front of the Taliban court in Herat waiting their turn. Young and old wait in the freezing air for the Taliban judge to call their names. While clients are forced to stand in the open, Taliban judges and clerks speak to people in warm rooms through small windows, but the Taliban does not accept the testimony of people without beards in legal and administrative cases. This de…