Taliban Ban Beauty Salons in Latest Crackdown on Women’s Jobs
A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon with images defaced using spray paint, in Kabul in 2021.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has banned hundreds of beauty salons run by women, the latest crackdown on the few avenues left for female employment as the country battles dire poverty.
“All beauty salons operated by women in Kabul and other provinces should be banned immediately and follow our order,” the Ministry of Vice and Virtue said in a text message on Tuesday, without providing more information. “Violators will face legal action.”