According to a government spokesman, the Taliban have banned women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan.
It is the most recent restriction on the rights and liberties of Afghan women and girls after decrees banning them from employment, public places, and education.
The ban’s specifics were not provided by Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry. He verified the information in a letter that was going around on social media.
The letter from the ministry, dated June 24, contains a verbal directive from the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The prohibition affects all of the country’s provinces as well as the capital, Kabul, and gives salons a month to close their doors. They must close after that time and report on their closure.
There are no justifications for the ban in the letter.
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Its release follows Mr. Akhundzada’s assertion that his government has taken the required actions to improve the lives of Afghan women.
Since taking control of Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and Nato forces were withdrawing, the Taliban have implemented severe policies despite initial assurances that their reign would be more moderate than during their previous tenure in power in the 1990s.
They have restricted media freedoms and banned women from public places like parks and gyms.
The actions have aggravated a humanitarian crisis and sparked a heated international backlash, further isolating the nation at a time when its economy is collapsing.
On Tuesday, the United Nations declared that it was in contact with Afghan officials to have the ban on beauty parlors lifted.
