Norwegian Refugee Council suspends operations in Afghanistan amid Taliban’s ban on women workforce

Dec 26, 2022

Kabul (Afghanistan), Dec 26 (ANI): In view of the sudden ban by the Taliban over the female workforce and students in Afghanistan, the Norwegian Refugee Council has decided to temporarily suspend their operations in the country, informed Norwegian Refugee Council Country Director for Afghanistan Neil Turner on December 26 in Kabul. Violation of human rights over the matter was also stressed upon where Turner informed that along with basic practicality, working principle is also a reason behind the suspension. “Norwegian Refugee Council has decided to suspend operations in Afghanistan amid Taliban’s ban on female staff and students. Ban is temporary. We are being forced to do this on principle because women should be allowed to work. And practically we cannot work for the women who need our assistance unless we have women colleagues working for us. The impact will be really high. Taliban has made several promises in relation to women, and we want them to keep those promises. There must be an allowance for basic human rights,” Neil Turner said.