Afghan junior schoolboys, wearing salwar kameez and white hats as part of a new uniform code, attend class at a high school in Kandahar on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Afghan men and children sit over the remains of a Soviet-era tank at a square in Herat on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





An Afghan motorcyclist rides past the remains of a Soviet-era military tank in Balkh province on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





Afghan people throw a man up in the air as they gather for leisure activities on the outskirts of Kabul on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghan school girls walk through a field in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





Afghan horse riders compete in buzkashi, a Central Asian sport, at a field in Khash District of Badakhshan Province on April 29, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees unload their belongings from a truck upon their arrival from Pakistan, in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar Province on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Afghan wrestlers compete during a traditional wrestling competition at a field in Arghandab district of Kandahar province on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Afghan Hajj pilgrims board a plane to Saudi Arabia at Kandahar airport on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





An Afghan farmer harvests wheat at a field in Arghandab district, Kandahar province on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





An Afghan vendor holds a parrot for sale at Koch-e Kafuroshi, or bird market, in Kabul on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





An Afghan vendor selling bread, waits for customers along a street in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)





A boy holds a toy gun at a pro-Palestinian protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





An Afghan official pours a chemical to set aflame a heap of seized expired medicines at a field on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on June 2, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan woman tailor presents a traditional dress as part of preparations for Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 June 2025. Eid al-Adha, also known as the “Feast of Sacrifice”, is one two main festivals observed by Muslims worldwide, marking the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)





Pigeons fly outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during the Eid al-Adha prayer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





Afghan wrestlers fight in a makeshift wrestling arena in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12 June 2025. Spectators gathered to support their favorite wrestlers from provinces across Afghanistan, during these unofficial competitions. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)





An Afghan vendor waits for customers at his stall selling plastic cans in a market in Mazar-i-Sharif on June 15, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan vendor selling toys waits for the customers at a market in Mazar-i-Sharif on June 16, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)





An Afghan Hazara woman carries a plastic container filled with drinking water as she walks back home in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP Photo)