European Union ‘appalled’ by Taliban’s transfer to ban ladies NGO staff | Popgen Tech

FILE – Afghan ladies chant slogans throughout a protest in opposition to the ban on college schooling for girls, in Kabul. AP

Kabul: European Union overseas coverage chief Josep Borell on Sunday condemned the Taliban administration’s determination to ban ladies from overseas and native non-governmental organizations within the nation.

The announcement seeks to fully wipe ladies out of public areas. It additionally comes after Taliban’s determination to ban college schooling for girls throughout the nation.

Borell mentioned he was “horrified” by the most recent transfer and urged the Taliban to carry the restrictions positioned on ladies as a part of their obligation to respect worldwide humanitarian regulation and rules.

He mentioned: “Together with different suppliers of help to the individuals of Afghanistan, the EU might want to take into account the impression this determination, and the latest determination by the Taliban to shut universities for girls, can have on their engagement with our international locations and organizations.”

Kabul, then again, defended its determination by saying that the latest ban was introduced as a result of “some ladies didn’t adhere to the Taliban’s interpretation of the Islamic gown code.”

Three overseas NGOs droop operations from Afghanistan

Three overseas assist teams, together with Save the Youngsters, introduced on Sunday that they have been suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all NGOs to cease their ladies employees from working.

The announcement got here as high United Nations officers and dozens of NGOs working in Afghanistan met in Kabul to debate a manner ahead after the Taliban’s newest crackdown dealt a blow to humanitarian work throughout the nation.

“We can not successfully attain youngsters, ladies and men in determined want in Afghanistan with out our feminine employees,” Save the Youngsters, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE mentioned in a joint assertion.

“Whereas we acquire readability on this announcement, we’re suspending our packages and demanding that women and men be equally in a position to proceed our life-saving assist in Afghanistan.”

With enter from AFP.

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