THE TALIBAN SAYS THEY PLAN TO CLOSE ALL NON-GOVERNMENTAL NATIONAL AND FOREIGN GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN THAT EMPLOY WOMEN.

THIS COMES TWO YEARS AFTER THEY TOLD N-G-Os TO STOP EMPLOYING AFGHAN WOMEN – SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE WOMEN WEREN’T WEARING THEIR ISLAMIC HEADSCARVES CORRECTLY.

IN A LETTER POSTED TO X SUNDAY NIGHT, THE TALIBAN-RUN ECONOMY MINISTRY REITERATED ITS ORDER… SAYING QUOTE, “IN CASE OF LACK OF COOPERATION, ALL ACTIVITIES OF THAT INSTITUTION WILL BE CANCELED AND THE ACTIVITY LICENSE OF THAT INSTITUTION –  GRANTED BY THE MINISTRY – WILL ALSO BE CANCELED.” 

THIS MARKS THE TALIBAN’S LATEST ATTEMPT TO NOT ONLY CONTROL WOMEN, BUT INTERVENE IN N-G-Os. 

THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL REPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH IT HAD HEARD AN INCREASING PROPORTION OF FEMALE AFGHAN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS WERE BEING PREVENTED FROM DOING THEIR WORK EVEN THOUGH IT SITLL REMAINS ESSENTIAL.

THE TALIBAN HAS DENIED OBSTRUCTING AID OR INTERFERING WITH RELIEF OPERATIONS.

IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE THE U-S WITHDREW FROM AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN RE-TOOK CONTROL – THEY HAVE ALREADY BARRED WOMEN FROM MANY JOBS AND MOST PUBLIC SPACES AND BANNED THEM FROM GETTING ANYTHING BEYOND A SIXTH-GRADE EDUCATION.

AND JUST ON SATURDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE TALIBAN’S LEADER HAD ORDERED BUILDINGS SHOULD NOT HAVE WINDOWS LOOKING INTO PLACES WHERE A WOMAN MIGHT SIT OR STAND – INCLUDING THE WOMEN’S OWN HOMES.

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