21.   They grew their hair long, wore beards, tucked their baggy pants into knee-high boots and bristled with pistols.

22.   They said the city had considered allowing some men who wear beards for religious reasons to wear respirators specially designed for people with facial hair.

23.   Afghan men are ordered to wear a beard and cover their heads.

24.   All entertainment, including television and music, is outlawed and men have to wear beards.

25.   All four hostages were visible in the tape, looking haggard and wearing heavy beards.

26.   And unlike Taliban territory, men are allowed not to wear beards and women are allowed not to wear the veil, though almost all do.

27.   Anyone who can wears a beard.

28.   Asked why he wore no beard, Khan laughed.

29.   Both were wearing short beards they grew in custody.

30.   Edicts also range from banning most forms of light entertainment to forcing men to wear beards.