A doctor of doctors without borders (MSF) examines, before the mother, a child suffering from malnutrition, in the pediatric service of the regional hospital, supported by MSF, Herat, Afghanistan, October 28, 2024. Sayed Hassib / Reuters shortly after 4 p.m., at the end of January, at the time of the release of the UN offices, in the west of Kabul, the local female staff ended their day. In the aisles of the vast UN complex intersect men and women, Afghan and international employees, leaving an impression of normality in this country which has lived under the Islamist law since the return of the Taliban in power, in August 2021. Outside, cars await these Afghanes. Others go up in minibus. All will come back the next day. However, this scene is not trivial. The United Nations and these women derogate from the rule which prohibits NGOs and other international organizations from welcoming local employees, if the latter are not strictly separated from any male presence. A situation of which the spiritual and political leader of the Islamist movement, the emir Haibatullah Akhundzada, no longer wants to hear. At the beginning of December 2024, he brought together in his stronghold of Kandahar, in the south of the country, the main figures of the regime to impose, by decree, the closure of all national and foreign NGOs employing Afghan women. This measure is challenged by certain participants and, for the time being, repelled. But it’s just a matter of time. The future of NGOs, including the UN, is at the heart of an showdown between Taliban clans, the outcome of which seems favorable to the most conservative, anxious to preserve their authority in the eyes of the most radical Taliban base . On December 26, the Ministry of Economy and Taliban Finance, on which NGOs depend, said that any structure does not comply with this measure would be removed its operating license. You have 78.71% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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Publish date : 2025-02-05 19:11:08
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