The Taliban called the banning an “internal problem,” while the U.N. expressed concern and said it would review its efforts in Afghanistan.
“All parties should obey the policy,” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Wednesday.
The judgment contradicts the U.N. charter. It has told employees not to enter until May 5 for meetings and operations inspections. The U.N. Mission to Afghanistan cautioned the Taliban on Tuesday of the embargo’s humanitarian repercussions.
Mujahid blamed other nations for the humanitarian crisis created by banking sector sanctions and freezing Afghan central bank assets overseas, some in a Swiss trust fund.
Diplomats and aid workers in Afghanistan and worldwide worry that donors may quit the world’s largest humanitarian relief program and that contacting conservative women in the nation would be impossible without female staff.
December saw the Taliban prohibit most Afghan female NGO workers.
The UN humanitarian organization reports 5% funding for a large 2023 Afghanistan financial plan.
It said Wednesday that millions of Afghans face malnutrition, disease, and death without funding.
