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The United Nations has said some time-critical aid programmes in Afghanistan have been suspended due to the ban by the Taliban on female NGO workers.

Not all Taliban ministries support the ban on women working for aid agencies; the health ministry accepted that women should continue to do health-related work. Other ministries have also reportedly contacted the UN saying women should continue to work in emergency services and disaster management.

Helen Clark is a former prime minister of New Zealand. She was also the first woman to lead the United Nations' Development Programme. She told Newsday: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a clear message to women, 鈥榃e don鈥檛 want to see you, we don鈥檛 want to hear you, we don鈥檛 want you working, we don鈥檛 want you educated. We really don鈥檛 want you at all except to do what our men want of you鈥�.鈥�

(Picture: Shows a group of Afghan woman wearing the burka. Credit: Getty Images.)