8am: Following the ban on education and employment for women, the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued a written statement announcing the closure of women’s hair salons across the country as of July 23rd this year. The statement, released by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Monday, June 25th, and circulating on social networks, indicates that this decision is based on the oral guidance of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s leader. Click here to read more (external link).
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Ariana: Officials at Herat Regional Hospital say around 260 people have been injured as a result of traffic incidents in this province over the last five days. Reckless driving, overspeeding, decline to follow traffic rules are said to be the main reasons for road accidents. 
The Guardian (UK): Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry. One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of duty as part of an alleged policy to terminate “all fighting-age males” in homes raided, “regardless of the threat they posed”. 
Tolo News: “This is a reality, and it should not be ignored that they are settled in the schools. We are witnessing that the military has settled in the schools, and it affects the morale of the students and people,” said Samiullah Sadeqqi, a resident of Panjshir. “The military is in a school in Bazarak and thus there is less attention to schooling,” said Abid, a resident of Panjshir. A military commander in Panjshir, Shir Hamza, said that 700 checkpoints have been established in the province. 
8am: The Taliban’s transfer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) forces to the northern provinces of Afghanistan, as agreed upon with Pakistan, has resulted in numerous national issues and exacerbated ethnic divisions. However, this development also poses a regional alarm for the security of Central Asian countries. With the resurgence of the Taliban, the security in Central Asian nations has become increasingly fragile and unstable, rendering them more vulnerable than ever. Compounding this fragility is the engagement of power-balancing forces in Central Asia in the ongoing war in Ukraine, diverting Russia’s energy and attention away from the escalating threat of fundamentalism and terrorism.