World News | Afghanistan: Taliban ask beauty salon owners to close, warn of consequences

kabul [Afghanistan]8th July (ANI): Following the Taliban’s order to ban beauty salons run by women in several Afghan provinces, the director of Taliban Virtue Promotion and Prohibition in Ghazni province has warned them to stop such activities by the end of the month, Kama Press reported. .

On Thursday, they subpoenaed the families of several female beauty salon owners.

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Khaama Press is Afghanistan’s largest online news service, established in October 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Officials threatened to sue and punish the salon owner’s husband or his family if violated.

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According to a report by Kama Press, according to a decree issued by the Taliban’s Virtue Prevention Department, after July 23, women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan will no longer be allowed to operate.

In addition, the report shows that there are more than 12,000 female beauty salons across the country, and each beauty salon employs an average of 5 women. There are 3,100 women-only beauty salons in Kabul.

Days after the Taliban issued a decree banning women’s beauty salons across the country, several female makeup artists protested the move, urging the order to be revoked, Tolo News reported.

Protesters gathered at the Women’s Beauty Salon Alliance said the closure of the salons would pose serious economic challenges for them. (Arnie)

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