The Taliban's order is the latest assault on women's rights in Afghanistan. Read more here👇
The ministry “instructs all organisations to stop females working until further notice,” the notification said, warning that if a group ignores the order, its licence “will be cancelled”.Two international NGOs confirmed they had received the notification.
The order also threatens key livelihoods of women NGO staff, a woman working for an Afghan organisation told AFP. Rights group Amnesty International tweeted the ban was a “deplorable attempt to erase women from the political, social and economic spaces” in Afghanistan.The order is the latest assault on women’s rights in the country, an issue the international community has made a sticking point in negotiations over aid and recognition of the Taliban regime.
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