Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in...
In this picture taken on July 15 Afghan militia fighters keep a watch at an outpost against Taliban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh Province.
People gather at the venue for a flag hoisting ceremony of the Taliban flag on the Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul on March 31, 2022.
Former Northern Alliance soldiers ride a vehicle March 8, 2002 towards the town of Gardez, in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with...
Afghan burqa-clad women walk past a Taliban security personnel along a street in Jalalabad on April 30, 2023.
Afghan militia gather with their weapons to support Afghanistan security forces against the Taliban, in Afghan warlord and former Mujahideen leader...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
Taliban take to the streets during a national holiday celebrating the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2022 in Kabul,...
Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar...
Taliban members paddle in a boat as they and Afghan families enjoy a visit to one of the lakes in Band-e Amir national park, a popular week-end...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
Female university Student walks in front of a university in Kandahar Province on December 21, 2022. - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned...
Taliban members stop women protesting for women's rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. - The Taliban violently cracked down on media coverage of a...
Girls walk to their school along a road in Gardez, Paktia porvince, on September 8, 2022. - Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed...
Burqa-clad woman walks with a girl along a street in Kabul on May 7, 2022. - The Taliban on May 7 imposed some of the harshest restrictions on...
In this picture taken on September 26 Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of...
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. - Afghanistan's...
Afghan security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against Taliban, stand guard in Enjil district of Herat province on July 30, 2021.
Afghan burqa-clad women stand in a queue as they wait to receive food aid from a non-governmental organisation at a gymnasium in Kabul on January 17,...
Taliban fighters stand guard after a gathering attended by Afghanistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund and Minister for Promotion of Virtue...
Taliban security personnel stand guard along a road in Kabul on December 21, 2022. - Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on December...
In this picture taken on July 11, 2021 an Afghan militia fighter keeps a watch at an outpost against Taliban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh...
Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province...
Taliban fighters fired into the air as they dispersed a rare rally by women as they chanted "Bread, work and freedom" and marched in front of the...
Women hold placards during a protest calling for their rights to be recognised, near the Shah-e-Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul on November 24, 2022. -...
Burqa-clad women walk along a street in Kandahar on May 7, 2022. - The Taliban on May 7 imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's...
This picture taken on December 25, 2022 shows student Marwa protesting alone against the ban on women's higher education, outside the Kabul...
This photo taken on July 8, 2022 shows Taliban fighters keeping a watch at an outpost in Tawakh Village of Anaba district, Panjshir Province.
In this photograph taken on January 16 Taliban fighters stand guard during a military street parade in Maymana, capital of Faryab province.
Thousands of Afghans rush to the Hamid Karzai International Airport as they try to flee the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021.
In this photograph taken on March 28 a member of the anti-Taliban "Sangorians" militia fires a heavy machine gun during an ongoing fight with Taliban...
In this photograph taken on September 13 newly recruited Taliban fighters parade in armoured vehicles after their graduation ceremony in Herat.
Armed Taliban fighters parade atop humvee vehicles as they celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, near...
Taliban fighter is pictured against the backdrop of Taliban flags installed at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on September 11, 2021.
Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021.
Taliban fighters w. Tank at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held...
An Afghan National Army soldier looks towards the Pakistani border only 200 meters away October 17, 2006 near Camp Tillman in the Paktika province of...
Taliban fighters w. Tank at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held...
Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Shirzais men patrol the streets near his compound December 12, 2001 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Kandahar has been peaceful...
Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped...
Taliban security personnel rest during a parade near the security tower of the vacated US embassy compound in Kabul on August 15 while celebrating...
Taliban fighters hold weapons as they ride on a humvee to celebrate their victory day near the US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2022. - Taliban...
Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17 after...
Taliban fighters drive an Afghan National Army vehicle through the streets of Laghman province on August 15, 2021.
British soldiers from the B Squadron of the Light Dragoons Regiment read magazines in a location in the desert while conducting counter-Taliban...
Taliban security personnel watch Afghan horsemen compete in a traditional Central Asian sport 'buzkashi' during a friendly match between provinces at...
Taliban fighters atop Humvee vehicles parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on...
Taliban fighters stand guard in a vehicle along the roadside in Kabul on August 16 after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as...
Smoke rises from the site of an attack after a massive explosion the night before near the Green Village in Kabul on September 3, 2019. - A massive...
Women in burqas wait to board a bus in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being...
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to...
Banner with a picture of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud is installed next to residential buildings as burqa-clad Afghan women walk along an...
Taliban fighter stands guard as people move past him at a market with shops dealing with currency exchange in Kabul on September 5, 2021.
Afghan women wearing Burqas gather outside their tents on March 17, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are 165 families living in tents as internally...
Taliban fighters fired into the air as they dispersed a rare rally by women as they chanted "Bread, work and freedom" and marched in front of the...
Burqa-clad woman walks along a street in Kabul on May 7, 2022. - The Taliban on May 7 imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's...
Man standing on Afghanistan's side of the border holds a Taliban flag as people walk towards a border crossing point in Pakistan's border town of...
People wave Taliban flags as they drive through the Pakistani border town of Chaman on July 14 after the Taliban claimed they had captured the Afghan...
Afghan women hold placards as they march to protest for their rights, in Kabul on April 29, 2023. - Afghan women protested in Kabul on April 29,...
