8am: Several female bakers in Kabul say the Taliban have recently shut down their bakeries without prior warning and prevented them from continuing their work. They add that the Taliban halted their operations under accusations of employing male co-workers, failure of some customers to observe hijab, and visits by men. These women emphasize that they had established their bakeries through loans and by overcoming numerous challenges, but now they have lost this source of income and are grappling with severe economic hardship. Click here to read more (external link).