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Kabul’s Female UN Staff Receive Death Threats and Are Advised to Work from Home

Police have launched an investigation after UNAMA warned of death threats against female aid workers

The United Nations confirmed that several women working for them in the Afghan capital Kabul had been threatened
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Overview

  • Female UN staffers in Kabul have reported being followed home by unidentified men who issued graphic death threats and warned them to stop working.
  • UNAMA described the incidents as “extremely serious” and ordered interim safety measures, including advising women staff to work remotely.
  • The Taliban’s interior ministry denied involvement in the threats and vowed that police would investigate and severely punish anyone targeting UN employees.
  • The shift to work-from-home orders risks slowing UN operations that depend on female staff to deliver food, medicine and other vital aid.
  • With three-quarters of Afghanistan’s nearly 45 million people struggling to meet basic needs, female aid workers remain essential to relief efforts.