UN reviews presence in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on female staff

Afghan women have effectively been barred from public life (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

The United Nations is reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the organisation.

Last week, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers took a step further in restrictive measures they have imposed and said that Afghan women employed with the UN mission could no longer report for work. They did not comment further on the ban.