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Al Jazeera Staff

‘An island of freedom’: Inside the secret beauty salons of Afghanistan

A customer at a secret beauty salon in Kabul receives a manicure [Al Jazeera]

Kabul, Afghanistan – In an apartment near a Taliban headquarters, a young woman is discreetly moving about. Breshna* is 24 years old. Today, as on every day for the past year, her hands are sweaty and shaking. Yet her movements must be meticulous. She’s cutting the hair of one of her clients.

“In a week, my niece is getting married. It’s a big moment. You have to do your best,” says the customer, a woman in her 50s.

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