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Taliban forces disperse salon ban protest

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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.

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Reports & sources

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  1. Al Jazeera

    ‘Work, food, freedom’: Afghan women protest beauty parlour ban (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Security forces break up Kabul protest by dozens of women agaisnt a ban on beauty salons.

  2. France 24

    Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban (opens France 24)

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    Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to…

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Afghanistan: Women protest Taliban ban on beauty salons – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Gun shots were fired in the air during a rare public demonstration in Kabul against an order to ban beauty parlors. Protesters said the Taliban guards also sprayed water on them to break up the demonstrations.

  4. Voice of America

    Taliban Violently Disperse Women Protesting Ban on Afghan Salons (opens Voice of America)

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    The UN described the suppression of a peaceful protest as "deeply concerning"

  5. NBC News

    The Taliban break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban (opens NBC News)

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    “We are here for justice,” said one protester who identified herself as Farzana. “We want work, food and freedom.”

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Taliban forces disperse salon ban protest (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    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.

  7. The World from PRX

    "We are dead inside:’ Women in Afghanistan protest Taliban ban of beauty salons (opens The World from PRX)

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    The ban will come into effect in five days, leaving roughly 60,000 women out of work.

  8. Voice of America

    Women Employees of Beauty Salons in Kabul Protest Taliban’s Ban (opens Voice of America)

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    Employees of beauty salons in Kabul, Afghanistan, staged a protest following a recent Taliban order that will close all women’s beauty salons in less than a month. Thousands of women will lose their jobs if the order is implemented. Waheed Faizi has the story. Contributor: Roshan Noorzai.

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