Taliban bans Afghan women from working for the UN

“We were told, through different channels, that the ban applies to the entire country,” highlighted UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. The organization's mission in Afghanistan had previously reported that female Afghan employees had been prevented from working in an eastern province.

Since returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have begun to suppress women's freedoms.

Last week, the founder of a girls' school was detained in Kabul, according to the UN, without explanation.

“Matiullah Wesa, director of Pen Path and advocate of education for girls, was detained on Monday,” the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan posted on Twitter.

The mission asked Afghan authorities to “explain where he is, the reasons for his detention and to provide access to legal representation and contact with his family.”

The Taliban government last year banned women from attending secondary school, making Afghanistan the only country in the world that prohibits girls' education beyond primary school.

Source: AFP

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