ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization has asked Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers, allowing them to travel without male guardians and help women struggling to access care after a powerful earthquake killed 2,200 people in eastern Afghanistan. “A very big issue now is the increasing paucity of female staff in these places,” Dr. Mukta Sharma, the deputy representative of WHO’s Afghanistan office, told Reuters.

KABUL: As rescue operations continued in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, a week after a deadly earthquake devastated the region, World Health Organization and doctor accounts show…

Restrictions are hampering the humanitarian response for women following last week’s deadly earthquake, WHO says.

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization has asked Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers, allowing them to travel without male guardians and help…