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Many aid organizations in Kabul have suspended their programmes after the arrest of two French aid workers by the Taliban, the Afghan capital"s new rulers. Some are wondering whether to pull out altogether.
Most of the problems facing the aid workers 1 the Taliban"s attitude to women. The two Frenchmen and five of their 2 staff were arrested at a lunch party on February 21st given by the 3 expatriate staff for their Afghan women workers. The fate of the local 4 is not known, but the Frenchmen are under investigation for 5 the Taliban consider immorality: being in the same compound as 6 women. The veils they insist upon have a small patch of gauze 7 the eyes; Saudi-style veils, which show the eyes, are unacceptable.
The Taliban are 8 that aid organizations buy mini-buses with curtains to transport 9 female staff. Local drivers are afraid of carrying women workers—whether 10 or local—in case they are stopped by armed patrol and accused of immoral 11 . Almost half of Kabul"s mother-and-child health clinics run by aid workers have 12 their operations.
At first the Taliban, who occupied Kabul in September, turned a 13 eye to the fate that many Afghan woman were working for aid 14 . Since the arrest, the agencies have sought written guarantees 15 their work will not be impeded. The Taliban will not give them.
Even if they would, the 16 would not necessarily be honoured by street patrols. There is a big difference between what is 17 by those supposedly in authority and what happens in reality. The Taliban have said that 18 are allowed to work in medical services, subject to certain restrictions. Yet 19 carrying women to and from work have been stopped, the drivers harassed and the women 20 home.
A pull-out by aid agencies would be a serious blow to Kabul"s citizens. International organizations provide more than 90% of medical supplies in Kabul, and almost half the city"s population receives some kind of food aid. ( The Economist )