WE ARE WORKING ON PLANS TO ALLOW WOMEN TO RETURN TO WORK, SAYS TALIBAN

Mon 24 July 2023:

Taliban Deputy Minister of Economy Abdul Latif Nazari says a plan is being drawn up for women to return to work and that the current restrictions on women in the workplace are not necessarily permanent., local media reported.

“Fourteen thousand women work in the health sector,” Nazari stated on Sunday in Kabul during the Taliban government’s accountability program to the nation. “There are women at the airport, and there are women in banks,” Nazari explained.

“But there is an effort to pay attention to a procedure that is acceptable to the Islamic Emirate system and that both the demands of our people are taken into consideration and that we can enter into a serious interaction with the international community based on Islamic values and our national interests,” he added.

In addition, Nazari emphasized that as part of the Islamic Emirate’s policy, efforts are being made to use the country’s internal capacities for economic growth and development and to rely less on foreign aid.

“We want to use the domestic and indigenous capacities of the country; we want to get help from the potential that Afghanistan has within itself,” Nazari said.

According to officials from the ministry, they have put in place a system for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and going forward, organizations will not be allowed free reign over their projects but will have to abide by requirements set out by the IEA.

The ministry meanwhile stressed that in the past year, the IEA’s efforts focused mainly on preventing an economic collapse but that this year, greater efforts are being made to increase economic growth and development.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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