UN tries to resolve Afghanistan aid crisis after women banned from working at NGOs
Head of humanitarian operations to fly to Kabul as programmes are ‘compromised’ by Taliban decision
Martin Griffiths, the head of UN humanitarian operations, is to fly to Kabul to try to resolve the crisis caused by the Taliban’s surprise decision to ban women working for NGO aid groups in the country.
The move came as Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, said in New York that aid programmes were already being compromised.