Botox Under the Burka: Aesthetic Surgeries Are Fashionable in Afghanistan

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Kabul, Afghanistan. In the Afghan capital, in a universe parallel to the austerity of the Taliban regime, cosmetic surgery clinics are operating decorated with fake glass chandeliers and velvet sofas, where botox, lip fillings and hair transplants reign. It is about 20 clinics that have prospered in Kabul since the end of the war almost a five-year period ago, despite the strict theocratic rules of the Taliban authorities and the conservatism an…