Barbers suffer under Taliban rule as Afghans shun fashion
By AFP
03 October 2021 |
6:40 pm
Quiffs, mohawks, and crew cuts were hairstyles barbers were accustomed to styling for image-conscious young men in Afghanistan's third-biggest city of Herat. But all that has changed since the Taliban took over the country in mid-August.
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