Taliban morality police detained 17 male employees of United Nations-affiliated and international aid organizations in western Afghanistan over allegations that they had trimmed or shaved their beards, according to local sources in Herat. The employees were detained on Saturday at a reception center in Islam Qala, a key border crossing with Iran in Herat’s Kushk-e-Kohna (Kohsan) district, the sources said. Those detained included staff members o…
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