Foreign Policy: NGOs angered as WFP considers complying with the Taliban women ban

With over 28 million Afghans depending on aid to survive, and the Taliban leaders not showing any signs of relenting on their punitive decrees, international aid agencies are dismayed at the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) apparent consideration of complying with the ban and switching into a men-only delivery operation, reports Foreign Policy magazine’s Lynne O’Donnell.

According to the report, the WFP’s unilateral decision to comply with the Taliban ban on women working as aid workers will set the norm for others to follow suit, which has caused consternations among international aid agencies, with some mulling over quitting the country, as compliance would go against the “operational ethics they are obliged to follow.”