21.   Arif said men secretly trim their beards, an offense according to the Taliban.

22.   But Arif said men secretly do trim their beards.

23.   Gone are the whip-wielding Taliban religious police herding men into mosques, lashing women for showing their faces, and arresting men for trimming their beards.

24.   Government workers are forbidden to trim their beards.

25.   He often would stop taxi drivers, drag them out of their vehicles and publicly beat them for having trimmed their beards, a sin under Taliban rule.

26.   He trimmed his beard to a Fu Manchu, then to a mustache.

27.   His religious police roamed the streets beating women considered not properly covered, as well as men who trimmed their beards or cut their hair.

28.   Inside their homes, barbers trim the beards of a brave few who sneak a quick trim while getting a haircut.

29.   Men are beaten for trimming their beards and associating with women other than family members.

30.   Men are beaten if they trim their beards.