UN goes on hold in Kabul
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Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UNHCR, said that four of the 22 local staff in the UNHCR's main office in Kabul had been arrested, while seven Afghan women employees had been told to stay at home since the Islamic Taliban captured Kabul on 27 September. Reuters - Islamabad
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