August 27 (Reuters) – Taliban have called on all health workers to return to work, a spokesman said on Friday amid growing public service pressure as many Afghans trained and educated have fled the country.
Women have been discouraged from going to work and have even been removed from their offices, prompting fears that the movement would repeat the stance of its previous government before 2001, when women were not allowed to work.
However, growing complaints about the lack of staff in the fragile health system seem to have sparked a rough view.
“The Islamic Emirate Ministry of Public Health advises all women employees of the center and the provinces to attend the work regularly,” said a statement from spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
“They will not face any impediment to fulfilling their functions of the Islamic emirate,” he said.
Since the Taliban razed Kabul on August 15, they have struggled to restore basic services, as many specialists associated with the Western supportive government join an exodus outside the country or stay home for fear of retaliation.
Report by James Mackenzie; Edited by Hugh Lawson
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