For 12 Pakistani soccer players.

• Author: Oliver, Charles

The overzealous official was arrested but not entirely renounced: The government warned visiting athletes that in the future they must abide by the nation's strict dress code, which requires long pants and tunics. The state will, however; waive the requirement that men wear beards.

For 12 Pakistani soccer players, it was supposed to be a friendly game with a team in Afghanistan. The men forgot about the Taliban, the fundamentalist militia that...