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In Kabul, Afghanistan, after every shower, Fatima carefully collects the hair that has fallen into the bathtub plug and keeps it preciously. When she reaches a few hundred grams, she discreetly sells it, like many Afghan women, to earn a modest income, despite the ban imposed by the Taliban authorities. Before the Taliban returned to power in 2021, “it was easy to sell our hair,” recalls Fatima, a 28-year-old employee from Kabul, who prefers not to mention her surname for security reasons.