Afghan women no need cut hair anymore

[SBFNews]

Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut​

• • Published
    23 hours ago

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Beauty salons in Afghanistan have one month to shut shop

By Nicholas Yong
BBC News, Singapore

The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women.

A Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesman told the BBC businesses had one month to comply, starting from 2 July when they were first informed of the move.

Women's freedoms have steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized power in 2021.

They have barred teenage girls and women from classrooms, gyms and parks, and most recently even banned them from working for the United Nations.

The Taliban have also decreed that women should be dressed in a way that only reveals their eyes, and must be accompanied by a male relative if they are travelling more than 72km (48 miles).

The restrictions have continued despite international condemnation and protests by women as well as activists speaking up on their behalf.

Shutting beauty salons was part of a wide range of measure imposed by the Taliban when they were last in power between 1996 and 2001. But they reopened in the years after the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.

Reacting to the new closure, an Afghan woman speaking anonymously told the BBC: "The Taliban are taking away the most basic human rights from Afghan women.

"They are violating women's rights. By this decision, they are now depriving women from serving another women. When I heard the news, I was completely shocked.

"It seems the Taliban do not have any political plan other than focusing on women's bodies. They are trying to eliminate women at every level of public life."

Beauty salons remained open even after the Taliban retook power two years ago following the withdrawal of US forces. But shop windows were often covered up and images of women outside salons were spray painted to hide their faces.

The Taliban government has not explained what prompted the ban, or what alternatives, if any, would be available to women once the salons shut.

Another Afghan woman who asked not to be named said her friends had confirmed the closure of hair salons in Kabul and elsewhere. "It's more shocking news for Afghan women," she told the BBC. "I went out and saw all the salons in my locality were closed."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66094490

 

[tanwahtiu]

Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut​

• • Published
    23 hours ago

IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Image caption,
Beauty salons in Afghanistan have one month to shut shop

By Nicholas Yong
BBC News, Singapore

The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women.

A Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesman told the BBC businesses had one month to comply, starting from 2 July when they were first informed of the move.

Women's freedoms have steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized power in 2021.

They have barred teenage girls and women from classrooms, gyms and parks, and most recently even banned them from working for the United Nations.

The Taliban have also decreed that women should be dressed in a way that only reveals their eyes, and must be accompanied by a male relative if they are travelling more than 72km (48 miles).

The restrictions have continued despite international condemnation and protests by women as well as activists speaking up on their behalf.

Shutting beauty salons was part of a wide range of measure imposed by the Taliban when they were last in power between 1996 and 2001. But they reopened in the years after the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.

Reacting to the new closure, an Afghan woman speaking anonymously told the BBC: "The Taliban are taking away the most basic human rights from Afghan women.

"They are violating women's rights. By this decision, they are now depriving women from serving another women. When I heard the news, I was completely shocked.

"It seems the Taliban do not have any political plan other than focusing on women's bodies. They are trying to eliminate women at every level of public life."

Beauty salons remained open even after the Taliban retook power two years ago following the withdrawal of US forces. But shop windows were often covered up and images of women outside salons were spray painted to hide their faces.

The Taliban government has not explained what prompted the ban, or what alternatives, if any, would be available to women once the salons shut.

Another Afghan woman who asked not to be named said her friends had confirmed the closure of hair salons in Kabul and elsewhere. "It's more shocking news for Afghan women," she told the BBC. "I went out and saw all the salons in my locality were closed."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66094490

They shd ban washing machines and woman go to riverside to washes clothes.... back to AD425 where women did that...

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The Afghans have only themselves to blame for the tyranny of the taliban as they did not fight to prevent a taliban takeover eventhough they were better armed, better equipped and outnumbered the enemy

 

[Sustanon]

perhaps they know that if women are given too much power, they will pawnz the men gao gao with WC..... like wad is happening in Singapore....

 

[mojito]

The Afghans have only themselves to blame for the tyranny of the taliban as they did not fight to prevent a taliban takeover eventhough they were better armed, better equipped and outnumbered the enemy

Have u considered may be the Afgans wanted this? Just like how woman want sinkie men to do ns.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Have u considered may be the Afgans wanted this? Just like how woman want sinkie men to do ns.

If they wanted it... Than don't comprain

 

[mojito]

If they wanted it... Than don't comprain

I am sure the men are secretly pleased. You don't need to be in Afghanistan for oppression to exist.

 

[countryman]

Taliban should ban woman in Afghanistan. No women is allowed in Afghanistan regardless under any circumstances. Afghanistan will be a 01 gender country!

 

[bigozt]

Afghan men have different women preference. The liberal erected US funded gahmen too much, so they bid their time like the Viets and they won. I don't care as long as they don't host JI or AQuas to attack Yishun MRT.