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Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees
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By Chris Liakos, Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work.
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By Chris Liakos, Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work.
Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.
Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced on Sunday they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all NGOs to stop their women staff from working.
Excluding women from schools and NGO work in Afghanistan “can and will lead to catastrophic humanitarian consequences,” the International Committee of the Red Cross warned.
The government’s decree, barring women from work in local and international relief organizations, threatens critical assistance for millions of people.
At least half a dozen major foreign aid groups have said they are temporarily suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work.
