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Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations
Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan
The UN’s lead humanitarian coordinator has said UN-supplied aid cannot continue if the Taliban do not lift their ban on women working for humanitarian aid agencies in Afghanistan.
Martin Griffiths, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, is due to visit Kabul shortly to discuss the impasse.