Afghan men watch roosters fighting at an illegal cockfighting venue in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Photo byh Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





An Afghan vendor unloads melons from a truck at a market in Kandahar on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees, who have returned from neighboring Iran, gather at a temporary camp at Islam Qala border, Herat province, Afghanistan, 11 July 2025. Afghanistan is grappling with a humanitarian crisis as Iran intensifies the deportation of Afghan refugees. The Taliban government admits to a lack of resources to support these returnees, amid a backdrop of economic turmoil and reduced international aid. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)





Stray dogs roam at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 July 2025. Kabul's stray dog population is surging, posing threats to public safety despite long-term efforts, such as vaccination, sterilization programs, and even euthanasia due to rabies concerns. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)





An Afghan man walks past the remains of an abandoned Soviet-era military tank bearing a white board with text in Pashto language stating “Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Empires”, along a street on the outskirts of Kabul on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





An Afghan man prepares clay ovens, locally called tandoors, traditionally used for baking naan or bread, in Mazar-i-Sharif on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





Afghan men lead a herd of cattle along a street in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





Afghan men use a boat to transport their vehicles across the Kokcha river on the outskirts of the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





A car with a poster of late Taliban leader Mullah Omar is seen during the celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan at the Massoud Square in Kabul on August 15, 2025. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on August 15, buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghan burqa-clad women shop for beauty accessories at a roadside stall in Kandahar province on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





A plume of smoke rises from a brick kiln on the outskirts of Fayzabad district in Badakhshan province on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





Afghan security officials keep watch as seized drugs are burned in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, Afghanistan, 20 August 2025 (issued 21 August 2025). Afghan officials set fire to over 13,000 kilograms of drugs that had been confiscated over the past year in Kandahar city and the Spin Boldak district, with most reportedly smuggled from neighboring Pakistan, according to Mullah Asadullah Jamshid, spokesperson for the Kandahar police headquarters. (Photo by Qudratullah Razwan/EPA)





An Afghan child looks out from inside a restaurant in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on August 21, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel carry an earthquake victim evacuated by a military helicopter from the Nurgal district of Kunar province, after his arrival for medical assistance in Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on September 1, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, the Taliban authorities said. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





An man Afghan walks past a damaged house following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





An Afghan man mourns outside a damaged house, after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





A military helicopter airlifts injured Afghans after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghans walk past damaged houses, after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





An Afghan injured man receives intravenous drips in a corn field, after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)