the heads and faces of mannequins in women's clothing stores across Afghanistan's Capital have been covered up under the latest Taliban restriction along the streets of Kabul mannequins are hooded or masked in aluminum foil cloth sacks or black plastic bags the Taliban initially wanted their heads cut off citing a strict interpretation of Islamic law that banned statues and images of the human form some Merchants did as they were told but others resisted saying that they will not be able to display their clothes properly as a concession the Taliban has allowed for coverings instead of the comp instead of the complete removal of the mannequin's heads foreign