A Afghan man takes rest at abandoned structure at the Qal-e-Kohna overlooking Lashkar Gah river in Helmand province on March 27, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo





Afghans carry the body of a woman who was killed by gunmen in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling children's disease. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Abdul Rauf right, prays over the grave of his daughter Shahnaz Raufi, a worker at a TV station who was killed in a March attack claimed by the Islamic State group, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. IS has resumed a campaign of targeted killings of minority Shiite Muslims, many of them ethnic Hazaras, as well as women's rights activists and media workers. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Firefighters work to extinguish a burning fuel tanker in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021. A fire roared through several fuel tankers on the northern edge of the Afghan capital late Saturday, injuring at least 10 people and plunging much of the city into darkness, officials said. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a bomb blast that targeted a police checkpoint in Kamarkolagh area of Injil district, Herat province, Afghanistan, 01 April 2021. At least two policemen were killed and two others injured in the incident. In another car bomb explosion in Shindand district of Herat province on 01 April, two soldiers of the National Directorate of Security were killed. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan balloon vendor riding his bicycle looks for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan men stand near damaged buses after a deadly accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Two buses crashed head-on killing several people and injuring more than 70, an Afghan official said Tuesday. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan women carry grass for cattle on their backs, in the Srobi district of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan boys read holy Koran at a madrassa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 27 April 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. (Photo by M. Sadiq/EPA/EFE)





Technicians make new orthopedic devices at the ICRC hospital at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Orthopedic Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. In 2020, nearly 5,000 polio patients received treatment at the program, including physiotherapy, medical equipment and orthopedic devices. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan polio patient Maiwa Gul waits to have his orthopedic devices checked at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Orthopedic Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





A boy runs during a dust storm at the Qargha Lake, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan April 20, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Health workers go door to door during a polio vaccination campaign in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Three female polio vaccinators were gunned down in separate attacks Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, provincial officials said. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





A day laborer sleeps on his hand cart while waiting for customers on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Ramadan is marked by daily fasting from dawn to sunset, ending with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





An Afghan girl stand in the doorway of her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





A shoe polisher boy holds an umbrella as he waits for customers under graffiti on a wall in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Afghan security forces show their skills during summer training in Herat, Afghanistan, 21 April 2021. Afghans are anticipating a surge in violence after the United States announced that it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September, despite Washington promising continued assistance during a surprise visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan man waits for customers at his shop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 15 April 2021. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan increased by 29 percent between January and March compared to the same period in 2020, despite an ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and the government, according to a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 14 April. UNAMA in its report also underlined a 37 percent increase in the number of women killed and injured, and a 23 percent increase in child casualties compared with the first quarter of 2020. (Photo by Muhammad Sadiq/EPA/EFE)





Afghan boys read holy Koran at a mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 19 April 2021. (Photo by Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA/EFE)





Afghan students play in a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)