An Afghan man helps an injured person after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, as others take refuge in a field in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





An Afghan girl walks on the rubble of a house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Noor, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Sayed Hassib/Reuters)





Members of Taliban take pictures of the devastated village of Mazar Dara following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Sayed Hassib/Reuters)





An Afghan man (bottom) offers prayers as children play on a trampoline along a road on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan man rides a donkey cart with his family along a street at a village in Balkh district of Balkh province on September 15, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan shepherd walks with his flock of sheep along a road in the Dand district of Kandahar province on September 17, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Afghan boys lay pomegranate seeds to sun-dry at the Arghandab district in Kandahar province on September 22, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





An Afghan man uses his cell phone whilst he sells bottles of gasoline, along a street on the outskirts of Herat on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





Taliban security personnel patrol along the de facto Afghan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 12 October 2025. Pakistan closed the Torkham and Chaman crossings after overnight clashes with Afghan forces left dozens of soldiers from both sides killed. The violence followed Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting suspected TTP militants. (Photo by Qudratullah Razwan/EPA)





An Afghan boy carries the Taliban flag as he skates across the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on October 13, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghan farmers winnow soybeans at sunset in the Bodana Qala area of the Sholgara district in Balkh province on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan farmer works at a sunflower field in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province on October 21, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





An Afghan earthquake survivor sits over the remains of a damaged house at a village in Tashqurghan, in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 3, 2025. A 6.3-magnitude strong earthquake that struck overnight killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said on November 3, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





Shopkeepers sit in front of their damaged shops along a highway, following an earthquake at the Tang-e Tashkurgan in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 3, 2025. A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said on November 3, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





Afghan men check a damaged truck along a highway, following an earthquake at the Tang-e Tashkurgan in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





Afghan shopkeepers search for remains of their damaged shops along a highway, following an earthquake at the Tang-e Tashkurgan in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan man clears rubble from his damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at a village in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 4, 2025. An earthquake of 6.3-magnitude in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 1,000, the health ministry said on November 4, announcing the end of rescue operations. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





An Afghan man stands in front of his damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at a village in the Khulm district of Samangan province on November 4, 2025. An earthquake of 6.3-magnitude in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 1,000, the health ministry said on November 4, announcing the end of rescue operations. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A damaged minaret of the Blue Mosque after the mosque sustained minor damage following a recent earthquake in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2025. The mosque, also known as the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, is one of Afghanistan’s most revered religious sites. (Photo by Sayed Hassib/Reuters)