Women in Afghanistan have held a rare protest against the Taliban's decision to shut female beauty parlours and salons. Women shouted "work, bread and justice" while they were gathered in the ...

For days, the Taliban’s fighters on the streets monitored the shutdown of salon and beauty parlour services. Afghan women must completely veil their bodies, including their faces, in thick ...

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in the 1990s didn't exactly fill the pot holes (they are rumored to be elephant size or larger), and while the U.S. incursion might be there to win the hearts ...

Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and ...

In Kurram, near the Afghan border, Pakistan has been helpless to stop the latest outbreaks of a sectarian conflict that goes back decades. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Parachinar, Pakistan The ...