In Afghanistan, the Taliban has decreed that women can no longer work for nongovernmental organizations, including humanitarian relief agencies. Under the new rules announced Saturday, groups that employ women could lose their license to operate in Afghanistan, and five key NGOs have now halted work: CARE International, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children, the International Rescue Committee and Islamic Relief. This is David Wright, chief operating officer at Save the Children International.

David Wright: “We have got 5,000 staff, including community volunteers, in Afghanistan. Almost half of those are women. So, essentially, if we were to keep working, we’d have to turn up for work tomorrow with half our workforce missing.”

This comes just days after the Taliban banned women from attending university.