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Afghan Taliban order NGOs to ban female employees from work
Some female employees were not adhered to the Islamic dress code for women, reads letter
Reuter
sDecember 24, 2022
An UNHCR worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with aid supplies for a displaced Afghan family outside a distribution centre as a Taliban fighter secures the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021.
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest crackdown on women's freedoms.
The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said the female employees were not allowed to work until further notice because some had not adhered to the administration's interpretation of Islamic dress code for women.
It was not immediately clear whether the order applied to United Nations agencies, which have a large presence in Afghanistan.
It comes days after the Taliban-run administration
ordered universities to close to women, prompting strong global condemnation and sparking some protests and heavy criticism inside Afghanistan.