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The takeover cut development funding, froze foreign-held central bank assets and placed restrictions on the banking sector. The Taliban administration’s decision last year to bar most female NGO workers from work prompted many aid agencies to partially suspend operations, while millions of people depend on humanitarian aid. The Taliban have said they are focused on […]
Griffiths’ trip follows a visit to Afghanistan last week by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammad, who expressed concern over administration orders to Taliban officials in Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar to ban women’s work and education. Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaki said he asked Griffiths to share with the international community […]
In Kandahar – home to the Taliban’s supreme spiritual leader, who has the final say on major decisions – Mohammad met with deputy governor cleric Hayatullah Mubarak. The Kandahar Information Office said she told him that the Taliban administration wanted stronger ties with the world, wanted to lift sanctions on its leaders and be able […]
Several people were injured in an explosion outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday. A photo from the area, confirmed by official sources, showed at least nine wounded or killed men lying outside the ministry as security forces tended to them. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the blast occurred […]
Abdul Kahar Balkhi, a spokesman for the Taliban-led Afghan Foreign Ministry, criticized the comments. He added, “The Western occupation of Afghanistan is truly a disgraceful moment in human history and Prince Harry’s comments are a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans who have murdered innocent people without accountability.” Asked about Harry’s comments, a spokesman […]
A Taliban spokesman said on Thursday that eight people were killed and seven were arrested in raids on Islamic State militant group hideouts in Afghanistan. Describing Wednesday’s raid, spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter: “These members had a key role in the attack on the Chinese hotel and paved the way for foreign ISKP members […]
The council said the ban on women humanitarian workers, announced on Saturday, “will have a significant and immediate impact on humanitarian work in the country, including for the United Nations”. “These sanctions are contrary to the expectations of the Afghan people as well as the international community,” said the Security Council, which expressed its full […]
“We could not effectively reach children, women and men in need in Afghanistan without our female staff,” the statement said. The suspension of some aid programs that reach millions of Afghans comes at a time when more than half the population depends on humanitarian aid, according to aid agencies, and during the mountainous country’s coldest […]
The Economy Ministry on Saturday threatened to suspend the operating licenses of NGOs if they failed to implement the order. The ministry that issues these licenses said it has received “serious complaints” that women working in NGOs are not following the proper Islamic dress code. Aid officials told AFP that a meeting of the humanitarian […]
Aid officials said top UN officials and dozens of NGOs operating in Afghanistan are meeting in Kabul on Sunday to discuss an order by Taliban officials to stop all NGOs from employing female staff. The order, issued by Taliban officials, drew strong international condemnation, with governments and organizations warning of the impact on humanitarian services […]
The letter, confirmed by Economy Ministry spokesman Abdulrahman Habib, said female employees were not allowed to work until further notice because some did not follow the administration’s interpretation of the Islamic dresscode for women. It comes days after the Taliban-run administration ordered universities closed to women, which drew strong global condemnation and some protests and […]
