The Afghan government called on all foreign and local non-governmental organizations to stop women from working throughout the country, and the Afghan security forces dispersed demonstrations protesting the ban on girls studying in universities.
The Ministry of Economy said that it had noticed that female employees in foreign and local institutions do not abide by the Islamic headscarf and the laws of the Islamic Emirate.
"Serious complaints have been received regarding non-compliance with the hijab and other rules and regulations related to women's work in local and international organisations," the ministry added in a statement.
It called on all institutions to stop women from working, and threatened to revoke the work permits of foreign and local companies and institutions if they did not comply with the emirate's decision.
international responses
In international reactions to the decision, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned Saturday that the Taliban's decision to prevent women from working in non-governmental organizations would disrupt the delivery of aid and could be "devastating" for Afghanistan.
For his part, Ramiz Alekperov, deputy special representative of the United Nations in Afghanistan, said the ban was "a clear violation of humanitarian principles."
In turn, the European Union - which is one of the most prominent financiers of relief organizations operating in Afghanistan despite its lack of recognition of the Taliban government - officially condemned the decision and confirmed that it evaluates "its impact on our provision of aid on the ground."
Amnesty International also tweeted that the ban was "an unfortunate attempt to exclude women from the political, social and economic spheres" in Afghanistan.
Dozens of international and local NGOs operate in several sectors in various remote areas of Afghanistan, and many of their employees are women.
University education
In the context, the Afghan security forces dispersed a demonstration in the city of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, to protest against the decision to close universities to girls.
Afghan sources said that the security forces fired live bullets at the demonstrators, and assaulted a number of them before dispersing them.
Afghan cities witnessed protest demonstrations during the past two days, calling for a reversal of the decision, and girls demonstrated in the city of Herat, western Afghanistan, to protest against the decision.
The Afghan forces used water cannons to disperse the demonstrators and pursued them in the streets of the city, while the demonstrators called for a general strike in the main cities to protest against their prevention of education.