Taliban’s Decrees Worsen Crisis for Afghan Women, Banning All NGO Work

Taliban’s Decrees Worsen Crisis for Afghan Women, Banning All NGO Work

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons

Hamish Nicholas Falconer, the UK's deputy foreign secretary for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, says defending the rights of Afghan women and girls is a priority for the country. In a video posted on X on Wednesday, Falconer said the humanitarian situation of Afghan women and girls was "terrible" and the Taliban's treatment of them was unacceptable. She said she had traveled to New York to talk to donors, regional partners and UN offi…

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan – Afghan women are perhaps going through their most difficult time. Since the Taliban regained power four years ago, restrictions imposed on women and girls have intensified, starting with the ban on education and paid employment. On December 24, the Taliban closed the few opportunities [...] This Taliban article aggravates Afghan women’s crises by banning them from working in NGOs was originally published on IPS News Agency