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By Muzhdan Mohammadi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a quiet alley in western Afghanistan, a middle-aged woman swathed in a hijab is pleading with a dealer to buy one of the only remaining things she has to sell \u2013 hair cut from her and her daughters\u2019 heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, Simin Gul hands over the black plastic bag she is clutching to the man in return for 300 Afghanis ($4.20). \u201cIt\u2019s not much money,\u201d says the mother of five after the sale, \u201cbut it\u2019s enough to buy a few loaves of bread.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global trade in human hair to make wigs or hair extensions has long provided a lifeline for poor women in Afghanistan. After the Taliban took power in 2021 and cut off almost every avenue for women\u2019s livelihoods, severely restricting access to education and employment, it became one of the few ways they could earn anything at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the city of Herat, where Gul lives, men with handcarts going door to door seeking to buy women\u2019s hair to trade had become a common sight in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSell your hair \u2014 it\u2019s worth a piece of bread\u201d became a common phrase as more and more women resorted to cutting off their hair to survive, women  told Rukhshana Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then at the end of last year, the Taliban administration\u2019s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice \u2013 the feared enforcer of restrictions on both women and men \u2013 declared the sale of human body parts, including women’s hair, to be un-Islamic and issued a ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, the ministry publicly burned about 900 kilograms (about 2,000 pounds) of women\u2019s hair in the capital Kabul, saying it was to \u201cpreserve Islamic values and human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gul, who has four daughters and a son, had little choice but to contravene the ban. Her husband used to find casual work by illegally crossing into neighbouring Iran and has not worked since he was caught and deported. She does whatever she can to earn for the family, sometimes picking up cleaning work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her story is that of countless Afghan women who, unable to earn due to the Taliban\u2019s strict prohibition on women working, have to resort to selling their hair or that of their daughters so their families can eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sale of human hair globally is driven by poverty, with much of the supply coming from countries like India, where long hair is prized, and much of the demand from wealthier Western countries. It\u2019s a controversial trade, but no other country bans its citizens from selling their own hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Herat last month, the local vice and virtue authorities confiscated 400 kilos of women\u2019s hair from shops. Department head Azizurrahman Muhajir said the trade went against Islamic law and warned shopkeepers they would be shut down if it continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move has angered beauticians, who were already struggling after the Taliban banned them from practicing in 2023, forcing them to ply their trade in secret. Several told Rukhshana Media that the collection and burning of hair dishonored women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are so deeply anti-women that they\u2019ve even blocked this modest source of income,\u201d said Yasamin*, 29, who works at a beauty salon in Herat. \u201cWomen used to collect and sell their hair to afford basic household necessities \u2014 but the Taliban have taken that away too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryam*, 40, has worked as a beautician in Herat for the past 15 years and ran her own salon until the ban. She says the latest decree prohibiting the sale of hair has only served to drive the trade underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost hair buyers are nomads who go door to door under the pretense of collecting scrap metal. They ask if anyone has hair to sell, saying they\u2019ll buy that too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryam explains that cut hair, as well as strands that fall out during brushing, are collected and exported to countries like Iran, China, and Pakistan, with the price depending on its quality, color and length. That allowed beauticians and hairdressers like her to earn a little extra. Sometimes, she says, Afghan brides buy hair at salons to give their own more volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautician Samira*, 28, had to move her salon into a guest room in her home after the 2023 ban. She said she used to earn between 500 to 700 Afghanis a month by selling hair, until Taliban forces raided her home and confiscated all her beauty tools and equipment last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her voice trembling, Samira recalls how she was cutting a customer\u2019s hair in her salon one morning when she was startled by a loud knock at her door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFive Taliban security personnel were standing at the door. One of them was knocking and shouting, \u2018Get out of here, clear this place!\u2019 Another was filming us and the salon. They wanted to enter, but my father stopped them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samira, who lives with her parents, no longer dares to work as a beautician. \u201cAt that moment, my hands and feet were shaking. The only thought in my mind was, what will happen to my future?\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wish I wasn\u2019t a woman, that I was just a stone, so I wouldn\u2019t have to endure so much suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note*: Names have been changed for safety reasons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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