Taliban stop women from working for aid organisations

Female employees of NGOs told to stop coming to work in latest move to curtail women's freedoms in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to a letter from the economy ministry.

The letter, the contents of which were confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said female employees of NGOs were not allowed to work until further notice.