Afghan burqa-clad women receive food from foreign aid in Kandahar on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Baba Karim pushes his wheelbarrow in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 3, 2023. (Photo by Ali Khara/Reuters)





Armed Taliban security personnel pose for a photograph near the closed gates of Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on September 6, 2023. A gun battle erupted on September 6, between Pakistan and Afghan border forces, officials said, with each side blaming the other for starting the firefight that shut their busiest trade crossing. (Photo by Shafiullah Kakar/AFP Photo)





An Afghan recovering drug addict shows his work as they attend a graudation ceremony after attending a vocational training in Kabul, Afghanistan, 07 September 2023. Around 530 Afghan recovering addicts have successfully graduated from technical and vocational training centers in Afghanistan. These centers, including tailoring, electricity, and shoemaking, are part of 52 educational facilities under the control of the Islamic Emirate. Aimed at educating, treating, and rehabilitating drug addicts, these institutions cater to around 20,000 individuals annually. However, with an estimated 2 million people addicted to drugs in the country, there is a pressing need for more resources and support. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has set goals to provide assistance to various vulnerable sections of society, including children, the elderly, unemployed youth, widows, and orphaned children. Despite financial constraints due to government funding blockades from foreign countries, the Islamic Emirate urges all institutions to prioritize the well-being of drug addicts. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA/EFE)





Afghan workers process grapes into raisins in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11 September 2023. Deputy Director of Kandahar Chamber of Commerce Abdul Baqi Bina said 10,000 tons of raisins worth 32 million US dollars were exported from Kandahar to Pakistan, India and UAE last year. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Afghan workers prepare grapes for raisins production in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11 September 2023. Deputy Director of Kandahar Chamber of Commerce Abdul Baqi Bina said 10,000 tons of raisins worth 32 million US dollars were exported from Kandahar to Pakistan, India and UAE last year. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Afghan vendors sell bread on a roadside in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12 September 2023. The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it will have to cut off another two million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan due to a lack of funding. This means that a total of ten million people will be without WFP support this year, leaving only a fifth of the 15 million people in need with access to food assistance. The cuts are expected to worsen the already worrying levels of hunger and malnutrition in the country. The WFP is calling for USD one billion in funding over the next six months to reach 21 million people with life-saving food and nutrition assistance. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA/EFE)





Afghan Taliban soldiers march with flags during their graduation ceremony in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 16 September 2023. Some 700 Taliban soldiers from the 209 Al-Fatah Army Corps have graduated after three months of training during a ceremony attended by high-ranking officials including Afghanistan's Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs. The Ministry of Defense plans to provide further facilities and educational opportunities to enhance the soldiers' skills. These troops will now be deployed to Samangan, Jawzjan, Faryab, Sarpol and Balkh provinces to carry out their duties. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Afghan villagers clean debris after flash floods in Mohmand Dara district of Nangarhar province on September 18, 2023. (Photo by Shafiullah Kakar/AFP Photo)





Zahra, a 16-year-old 10th grade student, studies at her home as she marks the second anniversary of ban on girls going to higher secondary schools, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 September 2023. Zahra expressed her increasing frustration with the closure of schools due to the Taliban banning higher grade education for girls. She reveals her hope of one day being able to wear her school clothes again, as she has kept them for over two years. Despite the Taliban's third year in power, girls like Zahra continue to wait for school gates to open. The Taliban's ban on girls' education in Afghanistan has had a significant impact on over 1.1 million girls and young women. With secondary and university education suspended, many girls have resorted to attending religious schools as their only option. International pressure for girls' education and the Taliban's legitimacy crisis further complicate the situation, as the group faces diplomatic pressure and isolation. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA/EFE)





Afghan orphan boys assemble at the Sheikh Zayed orphanage in Kandahar on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Men work at a tin workshop in Kabul on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghan orphan boys study in their room at the Sheikh Zayed orphanage in Kandahar on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to children during a polio vaccination campaign in Kandahar on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Taliban's newly recruited personnel demonstrates at his graduation ceremony in Jalalabad on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Shafiullah Kakar/AFP Photo)





Children lay pomegranate seeds to be sundried at a field in Arghandab district of Kandahar province on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)





Brides and grooms participate in a mass marriage ceremony for 125 couples in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 28 September 2023. The ceremony was organized by 'Hasnia Darul Uloom' to promote the culture and alleviate high costs associated with weddings. The event was held in the hall of Darul Uloom in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh, and saw the participation of hundreds of the couples' relatives. It was the 10th time such a mass wedding ceremony was organized, according to Marzieh Hosseini, a cultural assistant of Darul Uloom. The purpose of these mass weddings is to assist young people who cannot afford the expenses of a wedding on their own. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





An Afghan burqa-clad woman carries a child as she walks along a road in Herat on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





Women labourers clean and sort raisins at a market in Herat on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





Wazir Khan, an Afghan man conducts classes at a mobile school which he voluntarily runs, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, 04 October 2023 (issued 05 October 2023). Khan started “Today's Child”' a mobile school, in the Khak Jabar district in reaction to education constraints, notably for girls in Afghanistan. Several hundred students receive free education at the school, which has been open for a year. Classes are held outside because there is no solid building. The school works to give boys and girls from different areas and disabled children similar educational opportunities. Sirat al-Nabi (biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), the two official languages of Afghanistan Pashto and Dari, English, and the art of speech are all part of the curriculum. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA/EFE)