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Three major international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) announced on Sunday that they are halting their work in Afghanistan following the Taliban's announcement that it is prohibiting women from working for these types of organizations.
Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE International said in a joint release that they are demanding both men and women be allowed to continue participating in their "lifesaving assistance" in Afghanistan. They said they will suspend their programs there while they gain "clarity" on the announcement.
"We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan without our female staff," they said. "Without women driving our response, we would not have jointly reached millions of Afghans in need since August 2021."
The NGOs said the Taliban's decision will also affect thousands of jobs as the county is in the midst of an economic crisis.
The Taliban's decision came as it also announced women will not be allowed to attend universities in the country nor religious classes in mosques in the capital of Kabul.

"There is certainly no rational reason why a male serial predator should be housed with women, many of whom have a history of being abused by men. Offenders are sent to prison as punishment. They are not sent to prison to be punished; and locking these women in with violent men is cruel and unusual punishment. It is well established that men and women have vastly different patterns of criminality. It is a basic fact that men are physically stronger than women, and that they regularly take advantage of this fact in every imaginable context to dominate and abuse women."For some examples of this, see the following:
The Buffalo Police Department launched an anti-looting unit that has already made eight arrests in the wake of a deadly winter storm that buried the city in snow over the Christmas weekend.
"This isn't people stealing food and medicine and diapers. They are destroying stores. They are stealing televisions, couches, whatever else they can get their hands on. They're opportunists," Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said at a press conference on Tuesday.
"All you're doing is destroying the resource you have when you need to go to the store again and buy food or whatever else that you need. You're destroying your community. It will not be tolerated."
Police are rolling out plainclothes detectives as part of the new anti-looting unit and partnering with the Erie County District Attorney in their efforts, according to Gramaglia. The city is also under a driving ban with military members called in to help enforce the rule.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown skewered looters on Monday, saying that "these aren't even people in distress."
"People who are out looting when people are losing their lives in this harsh winter storm is just absolutely reprehensible," Brown said. "I don't know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror. They are the lowest of the low."

It's with a heavy heart and great sadness that we share that our friend and colleague, Dax Tejera passed away suddenly of a heart attack last night.
As EP of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Dax's energy, passion and love for that show, ABC News, and you, shined every Sunday morning. That same love was extended to his precious girls.
Our thoughts are with his wife, Veronica, the couple's two young daughters, and the entire Tejera family.
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