Takhar, National Resistance Front: The Taliban insurgent group police of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) is harassing residents in the Rustaq district of Takhar province.
Yesterday, the group's PVPV police shaved the head of more than 30 young men in the city publicly and detained several others.
Witnesses say the Taliban whipped and slapped many youths in the bazaar.
Witnesses added that the Taliban excommunicated the youths because some had short or shaved beards and drove them away with insults.
It is worth mentioning that in the past, the Taliban religious police at security checkpoints in Takhar insulted and humiliated women for not wearing burqas and niqabs.