The order issued last month forces the closure of thousands of beauty parlours run by women -- often the only source of income for households -- and outlaws one of the few remaining opportunities for them to socialise away from home.
Afghan women protest against the ban on beauty parlours in the capital, KabulKABUL - Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of public life.
"Don't take my bread and water," read a sign carried by one of the protesters on Butcher Street, which boasts a concentration of the capital's salons. "Today we arranged this protest to talk and negotiate," said a salon worker, whose name has not been published by AFP for security reasons. It said it made the order because extravagant sums spent on makeovers caused hardships for poor families, and that some treatments at the salons were un-Islamic.
Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country.
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