Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut - BBC News

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The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women.

Women's freedoms have steadily shrunk since the Taliban seized power in 2021.

They have barred teenage girls and women from classrooms, gyms and parks, and most recently even banned them from working for the United Nations.

The Taliban government has not explained what prompted the ban, or what alternatives, if any, would be available to women once the salons shut.