Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut

The Taliban person ordered hairsbreadth and quality salons successful Afghanistan to unopen successful the latest regularisation faced by women.

A Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesperson told the BBC businesses had 1 period to comply, starting from 2 July erstwhile they were archetypal informed of the move.

Women's freedoms person steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized powerfulness successful 2021.

The Taliban person besides decreed that women should beryllium dressed successful a mode that lone reveals their eyes, and indispensable beryllium accompanied by a antheral comparative if they are travelling much than 72km (48 miles).

The restrictions person continued contempt planetary condemnation and protests by women arsenic good arsenic activists speaking up connected their behalf.

Shutting quality salons was portion of a wide scope of measurement imposed by the Taliban erstwhile they were past successful powerfulness betwixt 1996 and 2001. But they reopened successful the years aft the 2001 US-led penetration of Afghanistan.

They remained unfastened adjacent aft the Taliban retook powerfulness 2 years agone pursuing the withdrawal of US forces. But store windows were often covered up and images of women extracurricular salons were spray painted to fell their faces.

The Taliban authorities has not explained what prompted the ban, oregon what alternatives, if any, would beryllium disposable to women erstwhile the salons shut.