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Afghan women prevented from working for UN

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations says it has informed around 3,300 Afghan staff members not to come to work for the next two days.

The world body took the step after the interim government indicated on Tuesday it would enforce curbs on Afghan women working for the UN.

In New York, a spokesman for the UN chief told a news conference the caretaker government in Kabul issued an order barring Afghan women from continuing to work for the world body.

Stéphane Dujarric said: “Our colleagues at UNAMA received word of an order by the de facto authorities that . . .

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