The Taliban has banned Afghan women from working at non-governmental organisations in the country.
It was not clear if the ban, announced in a letter and confirmed by the economy ministry, also applied to foreign women or those working for the United Nations, which has a significant presence in the country.
The letter said female employees would not be allowed to work for NGOs until further notice because some had not adhered to the Taliban’s interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women.
The economy ministry said it had received “serious complaints” about female staff not wearing the “correct” headscarf or hijab.
This ban comes days after Afghan women were stopped from going to university by the Taliban, a move that drew international condemnation.
Related posts:
EU set to ease holiday travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people
EU leader says bloc will reach vaccination targets ‘without sealing itself off from the world’
Man wanted for buying stolen van Gogh paintings arrested in Dubai
Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippines president
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband urges foreign secretary to make case ‘top priority’
‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts now allowed at Australian Open after backlash
Injured Briton captured in Ukraine by Russian forces and paraded on television
The town staring down the barrel of Putin’s war machine as the fight for Donbas intensifies
Family of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero files $400m lawsuit over his alleged abduction and torture
Nearly 100,000 back campaign to free British geologist facing death penalty in Iraq
Shift away from fossil fuels by 2050 could save the world £10trn
Fears grow for Iranian athlete who competed without hijab at international event
