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- The UN has called on the Taliban to revoke a ban preventing Afghan women from working in UN offices, jeopardizing humanitarian efforts during an earthquake response.
- Enforced on September 7, the ban restricts female staff from UN compounds and affected areas, hindering aid delivery to women and children.
- Over 4.7 million women and children urgently need malnutrition treatment, with one in four Afghans facing severe food insecurity.
- The WHO indicates only 24% of necessary funding for life-saving aid has been secured, resulting in over 420 health facility closures.
- Activists describe the Taliban's restrictions as "gender apartheid," worsening Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis.
