The decision by the Taliban-led government to bar women from NGO harms millions of people in country and prevents the delivery of vital aid to Afghan men, women, and children - UN official says
Taliban's ban has raised fears that people will be deprived of food, education, health care and other critical services.
The ban has raised fears that people will be deprived of food, education, health care and other critical services, as over half of Afghanistan's population needs urgent humanitarian assistance. Potzel is the latest UN official to meet the Taliban's leadership amid mounting international concern over the curtailing of women's freedoms in Afghanistan.
Foreign aid stopped almost overnight after the Taliban takeover in 2021, as US and NATO forces were in the final weeks of their pullout after 20 years of war. Millions of Afghans have faced poverty and hunger.