Send us a man to do your job so we can sack you, Taliban tell female officials

As economy collapses, women from Afghanistan's finance ministry say they have been asked to suggest male relatives to replace them

The Taliban have asked women employees at Afghanistan's finance ministry to send a male relative to do their job a year after female public-sector workers were barred from government work and told to stay at home.

Women who worked in government positions were sent home from their jobs shortly after the Taliban took power in August 2021, and have been paid heavily reduced salaries to do nothing.