Taliban threaten to close NGOs employing Afghan women

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced a plan to shut down all national and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that employ women, following a previous directive to suspend Afghan women from NGO roles two years ago. The reason for this decision is reportedly that women were not wearing the Islamic headscarf correctly. The United Nations has condemned this decision, stating that the space for women in Afghanistan has dramatically shrunk in the past two years.