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Taliban Bans Beauty Salons

July 28, 2023 08:59 IST

Ahead of the second anniversary of its grabbing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned women's beauty salons in the country.

Beauty salons were where Afghan women -- who were forced out of schools and colleges and out of their jobs since the Taliban returned to rule the country in August 2021 -- gathered to have a chat while getting their faces or nails done.

The Taliban stated that services provided in beauty salons were forbidden in Islam and can cause economic hardships for grooms' families.

IMAGE: Beauticians close their salon. All photographs: Ali Khara/Reuters

IMAGE: A beautician removes a poster at a salon.

IMAGE: Beauticians collect equipment from a salon, here and below.

IMAGE: Cosmetics seen at a salon.

IMAGE: An empty salon.

IMAGE: A salon with defaced pictures of women.

IMAGE: An Afghan woman walks past a closed salon.

IMAGE: Maryam, a child who polishes boots for a living, sits next to a shut salon.

IMAGE: An abandoned salon.

IMAGE: The salon's name has been removed.

IMAGE: A man walks pass a shut salon.

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

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