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NGOs resume some Afghan operations with women workers

A Taliban fighter stands guard as a woman walks past in Kabul, Afghanistan [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]

Several aid organisations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban authorities that women could work in areas such as health, in spite of restrictions last month barring female workers in nongovernmental organisations (NGOs).

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children and CARE said this week that they were again operating some programmes, mostly in health and nutrition.

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