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'Children are going to start dying': NGOs respond to Taliban ban on women workers

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An Afghan burqa-clad woman walks through a street in Kandahar on December 25, 2022. Source: AFP / NAVEED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images

Four international aid agencies have suspended their humanitarian programs in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban-run administration's order to stop female employees from working. Save the Children International says the United Nations is leading efforts to negotiate with the Taliban over the issue.


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