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Images of the premises of the NGOs Care International, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Kabul, the day after several foreign aid groups announced they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. IMAGES
Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for NGOs, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support. Afghanistan's NGOs have been instrumental in trying to address one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with half the country's population hungry and three million children at risk of malnutrition. The IRC is one of several NGOs -- along with CARE and Save the Children -- that have suspended operations while they urge the Taliban to revoke the ban.
In a village deep in the mountains of central Afghanistan that has been ruled by the Taliban for a quarter of a century, women openly work alongside men at a vital health clinic. Reached by narrow dirt roads, the Tangi Saidan clinic is alone in offering surgery in the remote area, with local Taliban leaders allowing some flexibility in the movement's rules on the segregation of the sexes.
CARE, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) claim to have received assurances from Taliban officials that female workers will be allowed to carry out their duties.
Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland visits Kabul to urge the Taliban to let Afghan women come back to work.
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