Swedish Committee for Afghanistan Suspends Some Operations After Taliban Order

KABUL (Reuters) – The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, a significant humanitarian organisation, has paused a few of its operations, it stated on Wednesday, after a Taliban order halting Swedish actions within the nation.

The Taliban administration final week stated all actions by Sweden in Afghanistan should cease in response to the burning of a Koran in Stockholm final month but it surely was not clear which establishments the order would apply to.

“Some actions of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA), have been paused,” the help group stated in an announcement after searching for dialogue with the Taliban administration.

1000’s of Afghan workers work for the organisation all through the nation in well being, training and rural improvement, and handled 2.5 million sufferers in its well being clinics final 12 months.

SCA didn’t elaborate on what number of of its operations had been paused and stated it was searching for approvals to renew operations as quickly as attainable.

The Taliban-run financial system ministry, which administers non-governmental organisations, didn’t instantly reply to request for remark.

Afghanistan’s support sector has already been severely hampered by a sequence of restrictions, together with on feminine support employees. Funding reductions for a United Nations-led annual humanitarian plan suggests donor international locations are pulling again on monetary help.

(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Enhancing by Sharon Singleton)

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