The United Nations said this week that it has been informed by the Taliban that its female employees can no longer work in the country. The UN demanded the order be rescinded, saying that women are essential to providing services in Afghanistan. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on the widespread condemnation of the ruling.
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