# Amnesty International has accused the Taliban government in Afghanistan of shrinking the operations of humanitarian and aid agencies in the country due to restrictive policies. These include a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in the country. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one-thousand-400 people and injuring three-thousand. On Tuesday, a fresh magnitude-5.2 aftershock struck the country. Amnesty International says the Taliban de facto authorities must ensure immediate and unimpeded access to all humanitarian organisations, and remove administrative barriers delaying needs assessments.
The Afghan Taliban government urged not to impede humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors