8am: Over the past three years, the Taliban’s restrictive policies on women have significantly disrupted Afghanistan’s healthcare system. These policies include bans on medical education and training for women, restrictions on women entering specialized medical programs, replacing doctors with clerics in healthcare management, prohibiting simultaneous visits of men and women to hospitals in some provinces, and barring female doctors and healthcare workers from attending health centers without a male guardian. These measures have exacerbated the healthcare crisis. Click here to read more (external link).