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G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector.
The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year.
The hardline Islamists also barred women from attending universities earlier this month, prompting global outrage and protests in some Afghan cities.
The G7 ministers along with those of Australia, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands said in a joint statement they were “gravely concerned that the Taliban’s reckless and dangerous order… puts at risk millions of Afghans who depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival”…
