Taliban say ban on women working for UN ‘internal social matter’
KABUL: The decision to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an “internal social matter”, the country’s Taliban authorities said Friday, a day after the UN Security Council demanded they overturn the ruling.The Security Council resolution passed unanimously by all 15 Council members on Thursday said a ban on women working for the world body and NGOs in Afghanistan “undermines human rights and humanitarian principles”.It urged “all States and organisations to use their influence” to “promote an urgent reversal of these policies and practices”.On Friday…
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