Date: 17/06/1404
UN sources confirmed to Amu that the Taliban have barred women from entering UN offices and camps in Kabul since Sunday, September 7. According to these sources, Taliban forces were stationed at the entrance of the UN YUNKA camp at approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, preventing female employees and visitors from entering. Women who had entered the compound earlier were reportedly forced to leave.

Sources further stated that on Tuesday, September 8, women were also prevented from entering United Nations Camp Baron, located near Kabul airport. Multiple UN staff members in Kabul confirmed these incidents.

According to the sources, the restrictions were enforced by the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on orders from Taliban leadership. Neither the Taliban nor the United Nations has issued an official statement. Since the Taliban’s return to power, women have been barred from UN offices in most provinces, and sources indicate that similar restrictions may soon be extended to other major cities, including Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif. UN officials have previously warned that humanitarian operations cannot continue without the participation of women and that enforcement of these bans risks halting aid delivery.

The physical exclusion of women from UN offices and compounds in Kabul represents a direct escalation in the enforcement of the Taliban’s ban on women’s work in humanitarian and international organizations. By forcibly removing women from UN facilities and blocking access at gunpoint, the Taliban transform policy restrictions into spatial and physical segregation. This measure threatens the continuation of humanitarian operations while institutionalizing women’s exclusion from international engagement and public life.