In this August 18, 2016 photo, a teenager sits next to a closed shop, in Qazideh village, Wakhan district of Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photos)





In this August 18, 2016 photo, a teenage girl takes care of her animals in Qala-e Panja village, Wakhan district of Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan. The Wakhan corridor, which has been named Afghanistan’s second national park, is the country’s most – perhaps only – peaceful region. But it is so poor, even for Afghanistan, that people borrow food and children go barefoot during the long, harsh winters. (Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AP Photos)





An Afghan boy works at a local brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





An Afghan prepares cookies at a small traditional factory ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 10, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan man makes popcorn at a small traditional factory ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 10, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan man looks on as he makes popcorn at a small traditional factory ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 10, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Afghan men make sweets at a small traditional factory ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 10, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan girl waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





A vendor cuts the fleece from a sheep at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





A vendor waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha, in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan man arrives for morning prayers to celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Afghan boys play cricket on a playground in Kabul, Afghanistan September 20, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Ethnic Afghan Hazara children return home on a donkey to their village on the outskirts of Bamiyan, located in central Afghanistan August 15, 2009. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)





An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint near the site of kidnapping in Kabul, Afghanistan August 8, 2016. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Taxi drivers wait for passengers along a street in Kabul, Afghanistan October 3, 2016. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Afghan men place bread for sale at a market during the early morning hours in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 11, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Children drink water from a public water pump on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Afghan students from a religious school look on from a window of their school in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2016. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Afghan female engineers work on a map of the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan October 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Graffiti (L) shows an armed man shooting a helicopter on a wall inside the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan October 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan worker sweeps inside of the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan October 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





Afghan engineers discuss inside the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan October 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





A view of the historic Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan October 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)





An Afghan family waits for help from the government and aid organizations in Takhar, Afghanistan October 11, 2016, after fleeing their homes in neighboring Kunduz, which has been the scene of fighting between Taliban militants and government troops. (Photo by Nasir Wakif/Reuters)





An Afghan girl with her family waits for help from the government and aid organizations in Takhar, Afghanistan October 11, 2016, after fleeing their homes in neighboring Kunduz, which has been the scene of fighting between Taliban militants and government troops. (Photo by Nasir Wakif/Reuters)





Wakhi nomad women milk yaks in Wakhan, Afghanistan. About 12,000 villagers live at an altitude of 4,500 metres in the harsh, desolate terrain. The Wakhi people live a simple, relaxed life with their livestock. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Barcroft Images)





Afghan children walk to school on the outskirts of Herat on October 10, 2016. (Photo by Aref Karimi/AFP Photo)





Afghan men work at a brick kiln, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 September 2016. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA)





In this Sunday, October 9, 2016. photo, an Afghan security person checks a man during a commemoration of Ashoura in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





An Afghan boy runs past at a local brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, September 19, 2016. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





An Afghan vendor waits for customers at a cattle market set up for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha,on the outskirts of Jalalabad on September 10, 2016. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate annual festival of Eid al-Adha or the festival of sacrifice which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)





Afghan women walk with their children through the old quarters of Herat on September 20, 2016. (Photo by Aref Karimi/AFP Photo)





An Afghan boy feeds pigeons at the Hazrat-i- Ali shrine in Mazar-i Sharif on September 12, 2016. Afghans started celebrating Eid al-Adha or “Feast of the Sacrifice”, which marks the end of the annual hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and is celebrated in remembrance of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God. (Photo by Farshad Usyan/AFP Photo)