SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Qatar on Sunday said it is “extremely concerned” over the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration to stop female employees from working.
A statement from Qatar’s Foreign Ministry expressed “extreme concern” over the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration to stop female employees from working, calling on the administration to review its decision
The ministry “stresses the need to respect women’s right to work, given that the freedom to choose and accept work is a human right”, it said. Qatar hosted a representative office for the Taliban during the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, and served as a venue for peace talks before the group took power in 2021.
The U.S. military under President Joe Biden’s administration fully withdrew from Afghanistan last year in mid-August, ending a two-decade of war that Biden called “The longest war”.
