Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values

Op India  

The Taliban arrested women in Kabul for wearing “bad hijab” as part of their efforts to reinforce Afghanistan’s severe female dress code regulations, a spokesman at the country’s vice and virtue ministry said on Thursday, January 4. Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power https://t.co/ttfn7mLHz2 — CTV News January 4, 2024 Abdul Ghafar Farooq, a spokesman for the vice and virtue ministry, did not indicate how many women had been jailed for what constitutes “bad hijab.” However, he said that the arrests were made three days ago. This recent restriction on women’s rights is part of a systematic and broader range of regressive measures taken by the Taliban since the terror outfit regained control over Afghan soil, two years ago. #BanTaliban pic.twitter.com/9rn44Eit1X — Habib Khan January 19, 2023 Mahsa Amini from Iran was killed for wearing an improper hijab The crackdown emphasizes the Taliban’s austerity measures since taking power in 2021, which are similar to those in neighbouring Iran, which has imposed the hijab for decades.

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The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from womenUntitled Story
2 days, 15 hours ago

The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from womenUntitled Story

Live Mint  

Last month the Taliban published a new consolidated code of religious laws. Nasiba, a 28-year-old midwife in Badghis, in the north-west of the country, says that after three years under the Taliban she feels “a sense of hopelessness, loneliness". The new religious code is a “pivotal moment", says Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, who …

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
1 week, 3 days ago

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. In a resolution adopted unanimously Friday, the Security Council criticized not only the medical education ban but the Taliban’s …

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan
2 weeks, 3 days ago

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a list of activities from which Afghan …

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Afghan human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj narrates how the Taliban’s new ban has taken the country by surprise On October 26, the women in Afghanistan faced another brunt from the Taliban regime after they were barred from technically “hearing each other”. The Taliban’s Minister of Vice and Virtue, Khalid Hanafi, issued a new ban …

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation …

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?

News 18  

How miserable are women in Afghanistan can be understood from the fact that the Taliban have passed a new “morality” law — ‘Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ — which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on people and bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public. Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada …

Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law

The Hindu  

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women's rights and enshrining an austere vision of Islamic society. Taliban authorities last month announced the law, which includes rules that women's faces, bodies and voices should be "covered" outside the home, among 35 articles dictating behaviour and lifestyle. The reclusive Akhundzada rules …

How will the morality law hit Afghan women?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How will the morality law hit Afghan women?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Taliban last week announced a new law on the “Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on the people of Afghanistan. “They were portrayed as Taliban 2.0, as more moderate, so we engaged with them,” said Fawzia Koofi, a former woman lawmaker from Afghanistan, in an …

Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban’s “dystopian” new laws …

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul:Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance". The law is "firmly rooted in Islamic teachings" that should be respected and understood, said chief government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement Monday night. Earlier Monday, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the law would be …

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent enactment of a stringent morality law by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban Virtue and Vice Ministry had on May 7, 2022, said women in public must wear all-encompassing robes and cover their faces except for their eyes. Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the …

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top U.N. official warned Sunday. In remarks broadcast Sunday by state-controlled broadcaster RTA, Vice and Virtue Minister Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said nobody had the right to violate women’s rights based on …

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards
4 months ago

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards

India TV News  

The Taliban have officially codified a set of strict morality laws in Afghanistan, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Taliban enforce new morality laws The Taliban government in Afghanistan has formally enacted a 35-article morality law, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch expressed concern …

Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards
4 months ago

Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards

The Hindu  

“Afghanistan’s Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music,” the Justice Ministry said. “The rules, promoted as in line with Islamic sharia law and to be enforced by the Morality Ministry, were based on a decree …

New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law
4 months ago

New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law

ABP News  

New Taliban Law: In its latest diktat for the country's women, the Taliban government of Afghanistan has ordered that they must not talk in loud voices, because that will be considered "immodest". The new law governing the 'Ministry of Vice and Virtue' tightens the existing restrictions as it tells women to cover their faces entirely while in public, and not …

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
4 months ago

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover aspects of everyday life like public transportation, music, shaving and celebrations. “Inshallah we assure you …

Taliban publishes vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
4 months ago

Taliban publishes vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

LA Times  

Taliban fighters celebrate in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in what they call efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The vice and virtue laws cover aspects …

'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women
4 months ago

'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women

India TV News  

Kabul: The Taliban has issued a new set of laws that have imposed tighter restrictions on women approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, putting a ban on their voices and making it mandatory for them to cover even their bare faces in public, according to a government spokesperson. The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover …

3 Years on: The Afghan Women Relentlessly Resisting the Taliban
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Years on: The Afghan Women Relentlessly Resisting the Taliban

The Diplomat  

While we can and should mark the atrocities against women and girls under Taliban rule, we should also recognize and cheer their resistance. But while social media has increased Afghan women’s online participation, it has also left those who dare to speak out vulnerable to serious online abuse. The Centre for Information Resilience Afghan Witness project published an investigation revealing …

3 Years on: The Cost of Taliban Rule
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Years on: The Cost of Taliban Rule

The Diplomat  

August 15, 2024, marked three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and took the Afghan people hostage. In 2018, when then-U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Zalmay Khalilzad as the special envoy for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, he enthusiastically pressed for negotiations with the Taliban to end the United States’ longest war. The Taliban’s illegitimate rule has had …

No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
5 months, 2 weeks ago

No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers

CNN  

CNN — Listening to music, smoking hookah, and getting a Western-style haircut are all punishable acts under the suffocating rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a new UN report. The Taliban’s so-called morality police have curtailed human rights – disproportionately targeting women and girls – creating a “climate of fear and intimidation,” said the report by the UN …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks

India Today  

Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the third …

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity
6 months ago

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban should be held …

The Taliban publicly flogs 63 people including women accused of crimes. The UN condemns it
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban publicly flogs 63 people including women accused of crimes. The UN condemns it

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than a dozen women, by the Taliban in northern Sari Pul province. Taliban’s supreme court in a statement confirmed the public flogging of 63 people including 14 women who had been accused of crimes including sodomy, theft and …

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart
8 months, 1 week ago

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart

Hindustan Times  

In March 2024 Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, broadcast a message about resuming public stoning and flogging women to death as punishments for adultery-related crimes. It was reminiscent of the Taliban’s first stint in power in Kabul from 1996-2001, during which women and girls were barred from education, employment and going out in public without a …

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic

Al Jazeera  

Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. On March 21, 2022, the Taliban promised to reopen all schools in Afghanistan, seemingly ending the temporary ban it had placed on girls attending secondary school since its return to power seven months earlier.Two days later, while many girls were enthusiastically …

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

Al Jazeera  

Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained. On Friday, Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, called on the Taliban government “to immediately and unconditionally release all those who have been …

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months ago

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says

The Hindu  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. Women said they increasingly fear going to public spaces owing to the threat arrest and the “long-lasting stigma and shame” associated with being taken into police custody. Heather …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN
10 months ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. A spokesman from the Vice and Virtue Ministry, the Taliban’s morality police that enforces such decrees, said it was “nonsense and untrue” that women are scared …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says
10 months, 1 week ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says

LA Times  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the United Nations mission in Afghanistan. The Taliban — which took over Afghanistan in 2021 during the final weeks of U.S. and NATO withdrawal from the country — have barred women from most …

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report
11 months ago

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report

The Hindu  

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a U.N. report published on January 22. In its latest quarterly report, covering October to December last year, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single or …

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says
11 months ago

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. The U.N. spokesman, asked for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ reaction to the latest bans, replied: “Horror!” Stephane Dujarric added: “It must be unimaginable to have to live through it.” …

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations
11 months, 1 week ago

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it was deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban government of women and girls for allegedly violating dress codes regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. The Taliban said last week that female police officers have been taking women into custody for wearing “bad hijab.” It …

Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It’s the first official confirmation of a crackdown on women who don’t follow the dress code imposed by the Taliban since they returned to power in 2021 and has echoes with neighboring Iran, …

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN
1 year ago

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN

India TV News  

A UN report published on Thursday made an astounding claim that women in Afghanistan were sent to prison by Taliban officials in order to 'protect' them from gender-based violence. "Confining women who are already in a situation of vulnerability in a punitive environment would also likely have a negative impact on their mental and physical health, re-victimisation and put them …

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
1 year ago

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report

The Independent  

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Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed
1 year, 3 months ago

Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed

Firstpost  

Since coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has made a number of moves to suppress the rights of Afghan women. Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr called the decision to ban women “cruel in a very intentional way”. “Step by step the walls are closing in on women as every home becomes a prison.” …

Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park
1 year, 3 months ago

Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park

The Hindu  

The Taliban will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, according to information shared by a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry. This comes a week after the Minister, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, visited the province and told officials and religious clerics that women haven’t been adhering to the correct way of …

The Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park
1 year, 3 months ago

The Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, according to information shared by a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry. This comes a week after the minister, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, visited the province and told officials and religious clerics that women haven’t been adhering to the correct …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from entering popular Band-e-Amir national park for THIS reason
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from entering popular Band-e-Amir national park for THIS reason

India TV News  

In a latest crackdown on freedom of women in Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban has now decided to ban the entry of women in the Band-e-Amir, one of the country's most popular national parks in Bamiyan province, according to the a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry. Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesperson Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif on Saturday a report …

With Ban on Beauty Salons, Taliban Continue to Shrink Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
1 year, 4 months ago

With Ban on Beauty Salons, Taliban Continue to Shrink Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

The supreme leader of the Taliban’s de facto government, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, has imposed new restrictions on women’s activities by banning women’s beauty salons across Afghanistan. Shortly after the seizure of Kabul, women’s beauty salons were spoiled by the Taliban authorities with spray paint to cover posters with female models once used to attract customers. Outlawing and shutting women’s beauty …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Deccan Chronicle  

KABUL: Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars also agree …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

LA Times  

Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue, during an interview Thursday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face …

Taliban believe Afghanistan rule is ‘open-ended’, don’t plan to lift ban on female education
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban believe Afghanistan rule is ‘open-ended’, don’t plan to lift ban on female education

The Hindu  

The Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spokesman said in an interview marking the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of the country. "It will serve for as long as it can and as long as the emir isn’t removed for doing something that goes against …

Taliban celebrate return to power 2 years on amid erosion of Afghan women's rights
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban celebrate return to power 2 years on amid erosion of Afghan women's rights

India Today  

Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said was security throughout the country under an Islamic system. "On the second anniversary of the conquest of Kabul, we would like to congratulate the mujahid nation of Afghanistan and ask them to thank Almighty Allah …

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price
1 year, 4 months ago

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war. The U.N. said they were a major obstacle to the Taliban gaining international recognition as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. But the international community will only take such …

Beauty salons in Afghanistan are closing – on Taliban orders
1 year, 4 months ago

Beauty salons in Afghanistan are closing – on Taliban orders

Al Jazeera  

The Taliban announced on Tuesday that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict. The Taliban said it decided to ban beauty salons because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardship for the families of grooms during wedding festivities. This is about women losing one …

Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite U.N. concern and rare public protest
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite U.N. concern and rare public protest

The Hindu  

The Taliban announced on July 25 that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the edict. The Taliban said it decided to ban beauty salons because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardship for the families of grooms during wedding festivities. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “supports …

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