The move comes after Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland told Reuters last month that key Taliban leaders in Kandahar had signaled a willingness to agree to an interim arrangement for NRC female aid workers.
"All our work is for women & men, girls & boys alike, & with equal participation of our female & male humanitarian colleagues," Egeland wrote.
In April, Taliban authorities began enforcing a ban on Afghan women working for the U.N. after stopping women working for aid groups in December.
The U.N. and aid groups have been trying to carve out exemptions for women to deliver aid, particularly in health and education.
The Taliban administration has been promising since January a set of written guidelines to allow aid groups to operate with female staff.
Persons:
Jan Egeland, Egeland, Michelle Nichols, Hugh Lawson
Organizations:
UNITED NATIONS, Taliban, Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, Reuters, Twitter, Thomson
Locations:
Afghanistan, Kandahar, U.N