Taliban New Rules: Taliban cannot tolerate mannequins on shops, shopkeepers cover their faces with unique masks – Taliban bans statues from shops in Kabul shopkeepers face covers become interesting

Some shopkeepers obeyed the order, but others protested and complained that they would not be able to display their clothes properly and would have to destroy their expensive mannequins. After this the Taliban had to change their order and they allowed the shopkeepers to use the mannequins with their faces covered. Now there was a dilemma in front of the shopkeepers that they had to follow the order and also attract the customers. In such a situation, the shopkeepers found a creative way and covered their mannequins with such masks in different ways, which unintentionally attracted the attention of the customers.

Taliban, Afghan flag and patriotism… why there is a war between cricketers Mohammad Nabi and Amrullah Saleh

masked mannequins

Mannequins are covered with unique masks at several shops on the Lessi Mariam Street in Kabul. A shopkeeper in his shop has covered the face of a mannequin dressed in a purple dress studded with shells with a mask of the same colour. At another shop, a mannequin dressed in a red gown with gold embroidery has its face covered with a red velvet cloth mask and a crown on its head. “I cannot cover the head and face of the mannequins with plastic or anything that looks unsightly because it will not make my shop look good either,” Bashir, a shopkeeper, told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. ‘

Turning threat and restriction into opportunity

The economy has suffered a lot under Taliban rule. Basheer said that the sales of shopkeepers have halved. Hakim, another shopkeeper, has covered the faces of mannequins in his shop with aluminum foil. He said, ‘I turned this threat and restriction into an opportunity and did such a thing, which made the mannequins look even more attractive than before.’ However, many shopkeepers have not been able to make a difference. At a shop, mannequins were seen covered with black plastic sheets.

The woman said – the mannequins are in ‘imprisonment’

Some of the mannequins in the shops also have their faces covered. This indicates that the authorities are uniformly implementing these orders. A woman shopping on Lacey Merriam Street said, ‘When I look at them (the mannequins), I feel that these mannequins are also captive and trapped. I feel scared.’ ‘In these shops I see myself, an Afghan woman who has been denied her rights,’ she said.