KABUL (Pajhwok): The caretaker government will allow Afghan women to resume work with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the ground, hope four senior UN aid officials.
The officials, representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), insisted the world’s largest humanitarian operation -- supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan -- could not function in the absence of female workers.
Following their last week’s mission to Afghanistan, they referred to the IEA edict of December 24 barring Afghan women from working with local and international aid agencies.
However, the acting government authorised women days later to continue working in healthcare and . . .
