The radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan continue to restrict women's rights.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs instructed all aid organizations in the country on Saturday to prohibit their employees from coming to work.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that this applies to all domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations.
The female employees are not allowed to work until further notice because some of them have not followed the interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women, a spokesman said.
Whether the order also applies to organizations of the United Nations, which are strongly represented in Afghanistan, initially remained open.
Just a few days ago, the Taliban banned the country's female students from private and public universities with immediate effect.
The Islamists have been back in power in Afghanistan since August 2021.
Your government is not recognized internationally and is subject to sanctions.
Increased military presence in Kabul
In the western Afghan city of Herat, meanwhile, dozens of women protested on Saturday against their ban from the country's universities.
With slogans like "Education is our right," they took to the streets in small groups, a demonstrator told the German Press Agency.
The women gathered in front of the provincial governor's office.
The Taliban then broke up the protests with water cannons and batons, it said.
Videos on social networks showed a fire engine spraying the demonstrators with a liquid.
The Taliban showed an increased military presence in the capital Kabul.
There, too, dozens of women demonstrated against the recently imposed university ban on Thursday.
At least one of the women has reportedly been missing since then.