Newly absorbed personnel in the Afghan security forces take part in a military training in Bandejoy area of Dara district in Panjshir province on August 21, 2021. Former Afghan government forces forming a resistance movement in a fortified valley are preparing for “long-term conflict”, but are also seeking to negotiate with the Taliban, their spokesman Ali Maisam Nazary told AFP in an interview. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





Afghans hold national flags as they celebrate the Independence Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, 19 August 2021. Afghanistan's celebrates the 102nd anniversary of its independence from British rule on 18 August. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Evacuee children wait for the next flight after being manifested at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. (Photo by 1stLt. Mark Andries/U.S. Marine Corps/Handout via Reuters)





A hawker selling plastic containers walks along a street at a market area in Kabul on August 23, 2021 following the Taliban's military takeover of the country. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





Backpacks and belongings of Afghan people who were waiting to be evacuated are seen at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghans play volleyball at Shahr-e-Now Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan. But it's the financial desperation that seems to hang heavy over the city. (Photo by Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP Photo)





Taliban fighters buy Taliban flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 30, 2021. (Photo by Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP Photo)





Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training in Panjshir province on August 30, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training in Panjshir province on August 30, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training in Panjshir province on August 30, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





Sal Mohammad, 25, an Afghan man who gathers pieces of iron from the street to sell for scrap, pushes his handcart in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021. (Photo by Sayed Ziarmal Hashemi/AP Photo)





Taliban special forces fighters stand guard outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. (Photo by Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP Photo)





Taliban forces rally to celebrate the withdrawal of US forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 01 September 2021. The Taliban called for support from the international community to revive an economy battered by two decades of conflict and heavily dependent on foreign aid. chief Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said one of the main objectives after the Taliban's “victory” is the reconstruction of the country and assured that the international community must trust that the aid to Afghanistan under the Taliban will be directed through “proper channels”. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Strimger)





A Taliban fighter (C) walks past shoppers along Mandawi market in Kabul on September 1, 2021 a day after the US pulled all its troops out of the country to end a brutal 20-year war – one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist in power. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Taliban's military takeover of the country. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag flies above Taliban supporters gathered to celebrate the US withdrawal of all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 3, 2021. As the world watches intently for clues on how the Taliban will govern, their treatment of the media will be a key indicator, along with their policies toward women. When they ruled Afghanistan between 1996-2001, they enforced a harsh interpretation of Islam, barring girls and women from schools and public life, and brutally suppressing dissent. (Photo by Wali Sabawoon/AP Photo)





Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, September 4, 2021. (Photo by Wali Sabawoon/AP Photo)





A man holds a bundle of Afghan banknotes at a money exchange following the reopening of banks and markets in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 4, 2021. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Afghan farmers work at a grape farm to make raisins in Kandahar on September 6, 2021. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)