The United Nations said Thursday that it had suspended its assistance to Afghans expelled from neighbouring countries after the Taliban government prevented women staff members from working.
"On 9 September, in light of instructions from the de facto authorities preventing Afghan female staff from working, UNHCR was compelled to halt activities at its encashment centres across Afghanistan," the UN's refugee agency said.
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The UN said in a separate statement that its women employees had been prevented from accessing their workplaces in several locations across the country this week.
Earlier UN called for the Taliban administration in Afghanistan to lift restrictions on its local female staff coming to work, warning that aid for earthquake victims and other vulnerable Afghans is at risk.
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The Taliban authorities deployed security forces at the entrances to UN compounds and field offices, preventing Afghan women staff from entering, the UN said in a statement.
Taliban's spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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