{"id":641153,"date":"2021-09-21T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T05:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=641153"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:25:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T05:25:54","slug":"barbers-suffer-under-taliban-rule-as-afghans-shun-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2021\/09\/barbers-suffer-under-taliban-rule-as-afghans-shun-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbers suffer under Taliban rule as Afghans shun fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Herat (Afghanistan) (AFP), Sep 21 &#8211; <\/i>Quiffs, mohawks, and crew cuts were hairstyles Nader Shah was accustomed to styling for image-conscious young men in Afghanistan&#8217;s third-biggest city of Herat.<\/p>\n<p>But since the Taliban swept to power in mid-August, Afghans have little cash to spare and fear being punished for sporting short or fashionable cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before, people came and asked for different hairstyles, but it&#8217;s simply not like that anymore,&#8221; 24-year-old Shah said at his barber&#8217;s shop, with mirrors covering every wall. &#8220;Now they are heartbroken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the Taliban&#8217;s first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, the hardliners banned flamboyant hairstyles and insisted men grow beards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_641150\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/39583717c433fd50e2943a3d132296de2dfc5757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/39583717c433fd50e2943a3d132296de2dfc5757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/39583717c433fd50e2943a3d132296de2dfc5757-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-641150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the Taliban&#8217;s first stint in power ended, being clean-shaven was often considered a sign of modernity \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ Hoshang Hashimi<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After they were ousted, being clean-shaven was often considered a sign of modernity, including in the relatively cosmopolitan western city of Herat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now people come here and they only ask for simple cuts,&#8221; Shah said. &#8220;They also don&#8217;t shave their beards, so it&#8217;s a problem now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The barber, who has been in the business for 15 years after starting as a young apprentice, said the downturn has caused his daily earnings to plummet from $15 to between $5 and $7.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_641151\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641151\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/60524ac6c16ef98ec5dbe8594a20a4f4c17e1237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/60524ac6c16ef98ec5dbe8594a20a4f4c17e1237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/60524ac6c16ef98ec5dbe8594a20a4f4c17e1237-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-641151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the Taliban&#8217;s 1996 -2001 rule, the hardliners banned flamboyant hairstyles and insisted men grow beards \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ Hoshang Hashimi<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the next neighbourhood, Mohammad Yousefi, 32, said he has had to dramatically lower his prices &#8212; from $6 a cut to just $1 &#8212; to keep his shop running.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of the Taliban situation, customers have less income and they pay us less,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yousefi said that after the Islamist hardliners took control of the country, &#8220;suddenly people like to make themselves look like the Taliban&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not like the Taliban are fashionable, but people don&#8217;t shave their beards because the Taliban will stop and ask them about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They say it&#8217;s not in sharia law, and that men should have beards and long hair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fleeing clients &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>At 36-year-old Ali Reza&#8217;s barber shop, pink spotlights shone down on customers and shelves were crammed with hairspray cans, gels, mousses, cologne and face masks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_641152\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641152\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/9e5923e9974dd1155fe8c3eaa15f6b0475f3892c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/9e5923e9974dd1155fe8c3eaa15f6b0475f3892c.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/9e5923e9974dd1155fe8c3eaa15f6b0475f3892c-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-641152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans say job opportunities have dried up \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ Hoshang Hashimi<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The barber deftly chopped his scissors over a customer&#8217;s beard as waiting clients discussed Afghan politics.<\/p>\n<p>His two apprentices &#8212; 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