Poverty and desperation in the cold winter season on one hand, and the Taliban's restrictions on women's work and employment on the other, have forced some women and girls in Afghanistan to choose between hunger and beauty.

The severity of the cold weather in the winter season has led to the booming of secondhand clothing markets in Herat province.

The Direct Impact of the Taliban's Decrees on Women and Girls

Following the Taliban's successive bans on work, education, and schooling for girls and women, the Taliban's Directorate of Education in Herat province, on Tuesday (December 24), hammered the final nail in the door of girls' education by closing the gates of private educational centers to girls.