Kachi-kachi are Japans answer to the castanet: two short pieces of wood or bamboo strung together and held in ones hand.

Elise Blanchard/The Washington Post/Getty To uplift their spirits and give them a sense of optimism.womens beauty salons in Kabul and provinces should be given a month to shut their business activities.

Beauty salons were one of the few remaining sources of income for Afghan women supporting themselves and their families.eliminating one of the last means Afghan women had of earning income and finding social engagement.000 women who share the vocation in her province alone who now stand to lose their income.

and since the announcement was made.on which the faces have been obscured amid fear over the ruling Talibans crackdown on womens rights in the country.

Education activist Malala Yousafzai on the Taliban banning women from universities 04:23 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the Taliban in a tweet late Tuesday.

The announcement has affected my morale so much that I feel tired of being a woman.a senior fellow at the University of Southern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and former commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

But its unclear whether lawmakers have strong interest in taking action.president of the Milbank Memorial Fund.

Any physician could use the code.noting that his organization will continue to oppose implementation otherwise.