Save The Children, CARE and the Norwegian Refugee Council have all said they are unable to work effectively with women and children without their female staff in place.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply disturbed by the Taliban's move, adding:"The United Nations and its partners, including national and international non-governmental organisations, are helping more than 28 million Afghans who depend on humanitarian aid to survive."
It was not clear if the ban, announced in a letter and confirmed by the economy ministry, also applied to foreign women or those working for the United Nations, which has a significant presence in the country.Afghan women urge world to help's coordinating body for humanitarian organisations, known as ACBAR, which does not include the UN.
However, the UN contracts NGOs that are part of ACBAR in Afghanistan to carry out its humanitarian work. The UN said it hopes to meet with the Taliban to seek clarity on the issue, with Ramiz Alakbarov, its deputy special representative for Afghanistan and humanitarian coordinator, adding most of its work in the country was carried out by NGOs.
He said:"Many of our programmes will be affected, and we won't be able to implement them because, unless we have participation of female staff in the assessment of humanitarian need, in identification of beneficiaries, in providing the aid and distributing the aid - then we will not be able to implement them."
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