The Taliban on Saturday ordered all non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, AP reports.
It also threatens billions of dollars in aid that has provided food and humanitarian assistance to some 28.3 million Afghans amid an economic collapse, the New York TimesThe new rule was instated after the Economy Ministry allegedly received complaints about some female employees failing to wear the hijab correctly, thus violating Sharia law, per AP.Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, applies to both foreign and domestic NGOs.
"The United Nations is profoundly concerned by reports that the Taliban de facto authorities today issued an order barring all female employees of national and international organizations from going to work with immediate effect," the statement reads. "Any such order would violate the most fundamental rights of women, as well as be a clear breach of humanitarian principles."
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