Taliban administration orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close

Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, confirmed to CNN the order had been given on June 24, with all salons to close by July 27. Since re-taking control of the country in August 2021, following the withdrawal of the United States and its allies, the Taliban has rolled back decades of progress on human rights.