Afghan women UN staff blocked from work in eastern province: UN ...Kuwait

Afghan women who are United Nations employees have been blocked from work in eastern Nangarhar province, the UN mission said Tuesday, warning Taliban authorities its aid programmes are impossible without its staff. In December, Taliban officials ordered all foreign and domestic NGOs to stop women personnel working across the crisis-stricken nation. Several suspended their entire operations in protest, piling further misery on Afghanistan's 38 million citizens, half of whom are facing hunger according to aid agencies. After days of wrangling, it was agreed women working in the health aid sector would be exempt from the decree. UN staff, including those in the aid sec

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