The Taliban in Afghanistan have urged all women working in the public health sector to return to work.
The Ministry of Health is instructing all female employees in the capital and the provinces to return to their jobs, according to a tweet by Taliban spokesman Sabiullah Mujahid on Friday evening.
Nothing stands in the way of doing their work.
So far, it is largely unclear whether women in Afghanistan will be able to continue doing their jobs after the Taliban came to power.
So far there have only been more specific statements in the health and education sectors that women should return to work.
In the health sector, there had recently been reports from the north of the country that midwives, for example, were no longer allowed to attend meetings with male doctors.
During the Taliban's rule from 1996 to 2001, women were not allowed to be treated by male doctors, which severely restricted their health care.
In a press conference this week, Taliban spokesman Sabiullah Mujahid said that working women should stay at home until new rules are in place. They would still receive their salaries. It was unclear whether he was only talking about women employed by government agencies or also about private companies. Journalists had reported last week that they had been sent home by Taliban fighters.