Non-compliance will result in revoking the licenses of said NGOs, the ministry said.
The ministry in the letter — whose validity its spokesman Abdul Rahman Habib confirmed to CNN — cites as reasons for the decision the non-observation of Islamic dress rules and other laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate.
“Lately there have been serious complaints regarding not observing the Islamic hijab and other Islamic Emirate’s laws and regulations,” the letter said, adding that as a result “guidance is given to suspend work of all female employees of National and international non-governmental organizations.”
A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the university suspension to CNN on Tuesday. A letter published by the education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order would go into effect immediately.
Though the Taliban has repeatedly claimed it would protect the rights of girls and women, it has in fact done the opposite, stripping away the hard-won freedoms they have fought tirelessly for over the past two decades.