INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The UN&& s lead humanitarian organizer has said UN-supplied aid can not continue if the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) does not raise
its ban on women working for humanitarian help firms in the country.Martin Griffiths, the head of the UN&& s Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, said UN flights carrying cash for humanitarian aid into Kabul had actually already been suspended pending a time out
in the IEA ban.Griffiths told the BBC: && Without ladies working, we can&& t provide for individuals who remain in fact the main objects
of humanitarian support for females and girls
He included: & There & s a great deal of experience in Afghanistan, even today, where there is an edict, but it&& s not imposed in a
constant way in various parts of the country
There belong to the nation now where ladies can work
So we will be doing whatever we can to work around and make things work
I wear&& t wish to hypothesize at this moment regarding what occurs if the order isn&& t widely [imposed], but I have to say, I can&& t
see how we would continue
& We will do whatever we can to be able to stay and stay and deliver
These are particularly challenging situations, I can&& t remember a location where we have faced such a series of obstacles
However humanitarians invest their lives negotiating, along with delivering.& & He continued: & We & re there for 28 million people in
It&& s the biggest humanitarian help program on the planet and so it&& s a body blow against our capability to deliver.&& The restriction
was troubled ladies working in NGOs 3 weeks ago.As numerous as 150 NGOs and aid companies have actually suspended all or part of their work
due to the ban.Griffiths said he would go to Kabul to discuss the ban with IEA officials.The post Afghan aid at threat following ban on
women, cautions UN first appeared on Ariana News.
