UN Tells Afghan Staff to Stay Home Until Taliban Clarifies Ban on Female Aid Workers - New Delhi Times

Afghan women and men who work for the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan stayed home Thursday while the United Nations sought clarification on the Taliban’s statement ordering all local female employees to be fired because of their sex. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in New York that the Security Council was briefed on the issue Thursday…

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