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Taliban violently disperse women protesting beauty salon ban

  • Afghan women protested the Taliban's ban on beauty salons in Kabul.
  • Security forces used tasers, fire hoses, and gunfire to break up the protest.
  • The Taliban justified the ban by saying salons offer services forbidden by Islam.
  • This adds to Taliban restrictions on women's rights and freedoms.
  • The UN criticized the Taliban's violent suppression of the protest.
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