A new report by Crisis Group warns against international donors cutting aid to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban\u2019s curbs on women\u2019s education and ability to work at NGOs, instead arguing for Western countries to find a \u201climinal space between pariah and legitimate status\u201d to respond to the on-going humanitarian crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report, released on Thursday, focused primarily on two Taliban edicts announced in December \u2013 the first suspending female education at private and public universities, and the second banning Afghan women from working at local and international NGOs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moves led to protests and global condemnation, while sounding a possible death knell for the Taliban\u2019s initial openness to engage with the international community following its takeover of the country in August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDonors are turning away from Afghanistan, disgusted by the Taliban\u2019s restrictions on women\u2019s basic freedoms,\u201d Graeme Smith, Crisis Group\u2019s Senior Consultant on Afghanistan, said in a statement accompanying the report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new report by Crisis Group warns against international donors cutting aid to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban\u2019s curbs on women\u2019s education and ability to work at NGOs, instead arguing for Western countries to find a \u201climinal space between pariah and legitimate status\u201d to respond to the on-going humanitarian crisis. The report, released …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,31],"tags":[3759,3758],"class_list":["post-90795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-news","tag-assistance","tag-humanitarian-situation-in-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n