Taliban Ban: UN To Decide On Continued Operations In Afghanistan

The United Nations is being forced to make an “appalling choice” about whether to continue operations in Afghanistan.

This is as the Taliban government bans women from working for the organisation.

Taliban authorities have imposed restrictions on Afghan women since seizing power in 2021.

This is including banning them from higher education and many government jobs.

In December, they also banned women from working for domestic and foreign non-governmental organisations, and on April 4 extended that to UN offices across the country.

And in a statement on Tuesday, the UN mission in Afghanistan said; “Through this ban, the Taliban de facto authorities seek to force the United Nations into having to make an appalling choice between staying and delivering in support of the Afghan people and standing by the norms and principles we are duty-bound to uphold.

“It should be clear that any negative consequences of this crisis for the Afghan people will be the responsibility of the de facto authorities."

Since the ban was announced, the UN has ordered all its Afghan staff, men and women, not to report to the offices until further notice.