[Regnum] The Taliban movement ruling Afghanistan (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) has begun closing beauty salons and women's hairdressers in Kabul. This was reported on August 10 by the Telegram channel Tolo News.
Of course they are, further isolating women and removing them from the public sphere — raising the heat under the pot until the frog is completely boiled."The Taliban in Kabul have closed hundreds of women's hair salons. According to witnesses, the Taliban are searching homes, finding hair salons and destroying or confiscating their equipment," the article, published on August 9, says.
According to the publication, this is being done to advance the Taliban's course of ousting women from the social and economic spheres. Before the ban, 60,000 women worked in the beauty industry.
In July, Afghanistan International reported that Taliban police had carried out raids in Kabul, detaining dozens of women allegedly because of their inappropriate appearance. Police detained them in restaurants, shopping malls and on the streets, then took them away to an unknown location.
In December 2024, ABC News reported that Afghan authorities had banned non-governmental organizations from hiring women, threatening to suspend their activities if they failed to comply.