- The major international groups suspended activities in Afghanistan on Sunday after the Taliban-run government banned women from being employed by nongovernmental organizations.
- The ban is the latest attempt by the fundamentalist group toward limiting the rights of female residents.
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Leaders of Save the Children, CARE and the Norwegian Refugee Council made the announcement in a joint statement and thousands of Afghans will lose their jobs as a result
- The International Rescue Committee, which has worked in Afghanistan since 1998, released a statement independently about its decision to cease operations. More than 8,000 people, including 3,000 women, were employed by the committee in Afghanistan.
- The Taliban’s Ministry of Economy told all licensed Non-Government Organizations, or NGO’s, in Afghanistan on Saturday to stop female employees from coming into work.
- The ministry cited as it reason “serious complaints regarding not observing the Islamic hijab and other Islamic Emirate’s laws and regulations” as its reason.
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