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Eugene

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Wed Jul 19, 2023, 10:27 PM Jul 2023

The Taliban use tasers, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban

Source: Associated Press

The Taliban use tasers, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban

BY RIAZAT BUTT
Published 7:52 AM EDT, July 19, 2023

Dozens of Afghan women protested a beauty salon ban on Wednesday after the Taliban ordered their closure nationwide. Security forces used fire hoses, tasers and shot their guns into the air to break up the protest.

The Taliban said earlier this month they were giving all salons in Afghanistan one month to wind down their businesses and close shop, drawing concern from international officials worried about the impact on female entrepreneurs. The Taliban say they are outlawing salons allegedly because they offer services forbidden by Islam and cause economic hardship for grooms’ families during wedding festivities.

The ruling came from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada — the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.

In a rare sign of public opposition to Taliban orders, dozens of beauticians and makeup artists gathered in the capital of Kabul to protest the ban.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-women-salon-ban-protest-e48fda5b222e5ac51ed8b29768339a5e

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The Taliban use tasers, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2023 OP
Is this the same misogynistic, patriarchal theocrat who said recentlly that niyad Jul 2023 #1
My thoughts exactly. Timeflyer Aug 2023 #2

niyad

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1. Is this the same misogynistic, patriarchal theocrat who said recentlly that
Wed Jul 19, 2023, 11:19 PM
Jul 2023

Afghan women lead very comfortale lives??

It is too bad tha we did not arm and train the Afghan women instead of the men.

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