A Taliban fighter stands guard as people move past him at a market with shops dealing with currency exchange in Kabul on September 5, 2021. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A member of the Taliban forces points his gun at protesters, as Afghan demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 7, 2021. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest rally, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on September 7, 2021. The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





Afghans hold placards shouting anti-Pakistan slogans during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, 07 September 2021.The demonstrations began after Ahmad Massoud, leading the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), 07 September, called for a national uprising against the Taliban and the alleged Pakistani interference. Panjshir was also the center of resistance against the Islamist group during the previous Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Children play at a park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





Students attend a class bifurcated by a curtain separating males and females at a private university in Kabul on September 7, 2021, to follow the Taliban's ruling. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, September 8, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Asif Khan/AP Photo)





A member of the Taliban sits while holding his gun in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 4, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





A member of Taliban security forces stands guard in front of a Qatar Airways airplane boarding passengers at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Taliban soldiers are seen in a street in Herat, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





A Taliban soldier stands in a park in Herat, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Taliban soldiers stand in front of a sign at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Afghan women walk at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Afghan men are seen in a restaurant in Herat, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Afghan men ride pedal boats in a park in Herat, Afghanistan on September 10, 2021. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Two boys eat at a local restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





Families walk out of the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





People fly kites in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





Local vendors wait for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





Customers wait outside a small bakery at dusk in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)