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Taliban order NGOs to stop women staff from working over dress code

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said women were “central to humanitarian operations around the world” and that the ban would be “devastating” to Afghans as it would “disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions”. The order also threatens key livelihoods of women NGO staff, a woman working for an Afghan organisation told.