Five of the soccer players escaped the scene and sought refuge at the Pakistan consulate while the other players had their heads shaved, team officials said. After their release, the players, from Chaman's Young Afghan Football Club, returned home. Afghan men are regularly punished for trimming their beards, and there have been also isolated incidents in the past where visiting Pakistani nationals have been punished for the same thing. Swaziland's Unique AIDS Solution Swaziland will ban mini-skirts in schools to try to halt the spread of AIDS, a government official said today. Schoolgirls are widely blamed for enticing teachers with their short skirts.
Girls face expulsion if they breach the ban.
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