UN tells Afghan staff to stay home after Taliban female worker ban
The restriction on female UN workers, coming in the wake of a ban on most female NGO workers in December, has prompted heavy international criticism.
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The restriction on female UN workers, coming in the wake of a ban on most female NGO workers in December, has prompted heavy international criticism.
Review launched into operations in Afghanistan as men and women told not to go to work at least until MayThe United Nations has launched a review of its operations in Afghanistan and asked all Afghan staff not to come to work at least until May after t…
Kabul: The National Security Council of Pakistan has expressed concerns regarding the presence of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan and added that this had increased instability in Pakistan, TOLO News reported.The concerns were raised during the National Security Council of Pakistan’s 41st meeting on Friday in Islamabad. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the National
The Taliban administration extended a ban on women working in aid organizations to the United Nations, putting at risk one of the country’s last sources of badly needed aid.
By Madiha Afzal, Scott Tong
A new report published by the Biden administration concludes that the chaotic exit from Kabul is due to a lack of planning by the previous White House following the withdrawal plan Trump had agreed upon with the Taliban.
The White House placed much of the blame for the deadly and chaotic US departure from Afghanistan with the Trump administration.
Biden administration releases review saying president’s options were ‘severely constrained’ by decisions of predecessorThe US government has released a review of the chaotic 2021 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan which largely lays the blame on Donald …
President Biden’s decision to end a 20-year war in August 2021 led to the swift collapse of the Afghan government and military. His administration has placed heavy blame on his predecessor.
U.N. officials in Afghanistan “received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members” from working, a U.N. spokesperson said.