The UN 'received word of an order' by the Taliban authorities banning Afghan women from working for the world body in Afghanistan.
The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres would view any ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in their country as "unacceptable and, frankly, inconceivable", he said. "We're still looking into how this development would affect out operations in the country and we are expecting to have more meetings with the de facto authorities tomorrow in Kabul. We're trying to seek some clarity," Dujarric said.The United Nations Mission to Afghanistan earlier on Tuesday expressed concern that female staff in the eastern province of Nangarhar had been stopped from reporting to work.
The Taliban administration, which seized power as U.S.-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women's rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law. It was not immediately clear whether foreign embassies in Kabul had received similar instructions on female staff.
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