Taliban says it will shut down NGOs in Afghanistan employing women

The Taliban government in Afghanistan on Sunday announced that it will shut down the operations of national and foreign non-governmental organisations in the country employing women, the Associated Press reported.

The notice came two years after the regime in December 2022 ordered such organisations to suspend the employment of Afghan women, claiming that women were wearing hijabs, or headscarves usually worn by Muslim women, improperly.

In a notice on X on Sunday, the country’s economy ministry said that it was responsible for governing all activities carried out by non-governmental organisations.