The United Nations says the Taliban's order banning humanitarian aid organisations in Afghanistan from employing women erodes human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The UN Security Council has denounced a Taliban ban on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday the restrictions were "unjustifiable human rights violations and must be revoked"."Actions to exclude and silence women and girls continue to cause immense suffering and major setbacks to the potential of the Afghan people," he tweeted. "These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the expectations of the international community," the Security Council said, expressing its full support for the UN political mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA.
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