All beauty parlors and hair salons across the country must be shut within a month, Afghanistan s ruling Taliban ordered this week, without explaining the reason behind the move.
The parlors are one of the few remaining avenues for women to earn an income and socialize away from home. The Taliban now want them shut within a month.
Tehran is emptying ahead of the Persian New Year, as is the case annually, but this time around Iranians are being forced to adapt as the festival coincides with Ramadan. Over 300 million people in a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey will wish each other "Nowruz Mobarak" or "Happy New Year"…