Women in Afghanistan sell their hair to make money ... Now, only the wealthiest of her customers brave visiting the salon, and even they sometimes ask if they can take valuable spare hair home with ...

The consequence of the house raids is that women become anxious and fearful; they even decide to destroy their own cosmetics. In doing so, they are not just discarding belongings—they are casting away ...

KABUL — Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were ... Now, only the wealthiest of her customers brave visiting the salon, and even they sometimes ask if they can take ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burka with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since their return to ...

Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were ... trade hair -- collected from shower drains or the salon floor -- braving the risk of punishment one strand at ...