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Afghans wait to board a bus to travel to Iran, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Frustration and anxiety runs like a theme through most conversations in today’s Afghanistan as Afghans witness the final withdrawal of the U.S. military and its NATO allies. Afghans say international forces are leaving a country deeply impoverished, on the brink of another civil war and with a worsening lawlessness that terrifies some more than the advancing Taliban insurgency. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Afghans wait to board a bus to travel to Iran, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Frustration and anxiety runs like a theme through most conversations in today’s Afghanistan as Afghans witness the final withdrawal of the U.S. military and its NATO allies. Afghans say international forces are leaving a country deeply impoverished, on the brink of another civil war and with a worsening lawlessness that terrifies some more than the advancing Taliban insurgency. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



A health worker pours gasoline on expired medicines collected from different hospitals as he prepares to set them alight on the outskirts of Jalalabad on July 8, 2021. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)

A health worker pours gasoline on expired medicines collected from different hospitals as he prepares to set them alight on the outskirts of Jalalabad on July 8, 2021. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo)



Afghan farmers crush wheat on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, 01 July 2021. Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world. In Afghanistan, wheat being the staple diet is the most important crop and cultivated on the largest acreages, in almost every part of the country. (Photo by M. Sadiq/EPA/EFE)

Afghan farmers crush wheat on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, 01 July 2021. Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world. In Afghanistan, wheat being the staple diet is the most important crop and cultivated on the largest acreages, in almost every part of the country. (Photo by M. Sadiq/EPA/EFE)



An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier takes a selfie with his mobile phone inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Kms north of Kabul on July 5, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier takes a selfie with his mobile phone inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Kms north of Kabul on July 5, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)



An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier sits at a road checkpoint near the a US military base in Bagram, some 50 km north of Kabul on July 1, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier sits at a road checkpoint near the a US military base in Bagram, some 50 km north of Kabul on July 1, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)



Members of an internally displaced Afghan family who left their home during the ongoing conflict between Taliban and Afghan security forces arrive from Qala-i- Naw, in Enjil district of Herat, on July 8, 2021. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)

Members of an internally displaced Afghan family who left their home during the ongoing conflict between Taliban and Afghan security forces arrive from Qala-i- Naw, in Enjil district of Herat, on July 8, 2021. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)



An Afghan police officer takes a selfie in front of a pile of burning illegal drugs on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2021. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

An Afghan police officer takes a selfie in front of a pile of burning illegal drugs on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2021. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)



Boys travel on a donkey on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Boys travel on a donkey on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



Imtiaz Mohmand, 19, sells melons out of a rickety crate perched on his three-wheel motorcycle in the Kart-e-Now neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 1, 2021. In a few days he and four friends will leave Afghanistan, having paid a smuggler to try to sneak them across the border to Iran and into Turkey. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

Imtiaz Mohmand, 19, sells melons out of a rickety crate perched on his three-wheel motorcycle in the Kart-e-Now neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 1, 2021. In a few days he and four friends will leave Afghanistan, having paid a smuggler to try to sneak them across the border to Iran and into Turkey. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



An Afghan civilian carry a wounded child to the hospital after he was injured during fighting between Taliban and government in Badghis province, northwest of Afghanistan, Wednesday, July, 7 2021. From the early hours of Wednesday morning, battles have raged near the provincial police headquarters and a Qala-e-Naw army base, said Abdul Aziz beg, head of the provincial council in Badghis. (Photo by Mirwis Omari/AP Photo)

An Afghan civilian carry a wounded child to the hospital after he was injured during fighting between Taliban and government in Badghis province, northwest of Afghanistan, Wednesday, July, 7 2021. From the early hours of Wednesday morning, battles have raged near the provincial police headquarters and a Qala-e-Naw army base, said Abdul Aziz beg, head of the provincial council in Badghis. (Photo by Mirwis Omari/AP Photo)



An internally displaced Afghan woman stands with her daughters in front a makeshift tent in a camp on a rocky patch of land, after fleeing fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, on the edge of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Thousands of people have fled Taliban insurgents sweeping across northern Afghanistan, fearful of their harsh rule. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An internally displaced Afghan woman stands with her daughters in front a makeshift tent in a camp on a rocky patch of land, after fleeing fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, on the edge of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Thousands of people have fled Taliban insurgents sweeping across northern Afghanistan, fearful of their harsh rule. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



An internally displaced Afghan girl whose family fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, eats bread as she stand in front of her makeshift tent at a camp on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An internally displaced Afghan girl whose family fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, eats bread as she stand in front of her makeshift tent at a camp on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



An internally displaced Afghan woman who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, burns thorny twigs to make tea in a makeshift tent camp on a rocky patch of land on the edge of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An internally displaced Afghan woman who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, burns thorny twigs to make tea in a makeshift tent camp on a rocky patch of land on the edge of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



An internally displaced Afghan girl who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, peers from her makeshift tent at a camp on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

An internally displaced Afghan girl who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, peers from her makeshift tent at a camp on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)



In this photo taken on June 9, 2021, a kite vendor shows his merchandise inside a warehouse in Shor Bazaar in the old quarters of Kabul. The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule – including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music. These have made a comeback in the years since, but fears are growing they will be banned again if the hardline Islamists return to power. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)

In this photo taken on June 9, 2021, a kite vendor shows his merchandise inside a warehouse in Shor Bazaar in the old quarters of Kabul. The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule – including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music. These have made a comeback in the years since, but fears are growing they will be banned again if the hardline Islamists return to power. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)



Asghar Mehrzada, 26, the founder of “Drop and Ride freestyle cycling club” shows his tricks during an exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 June 2021. Drop and Ride Club is Afghanistan's first freestyle cycling club that stands for “Drop the Gun and Ride a Bike”. The club has 60 members, of whom 25 are female, and gathers three times a week to practice at a gymnasium in the capital, using metal tables, wooden crates and boxes to perfect stunts they have seen performed on YouTube, Facebook, and other social media. In Afghanistan, cycling is a major taboo for girls, and often viewed as a sin, but some girls dared to join the freestyle cycling club. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)

Asghar Mehrzada, 26, the founder of “Drop and Ride freestyle cycling club” shows his tricks during an exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 June 2021. Drop and Ride Club is Afghanistan's first freestyle cycling club that stands for “Drop the Gun and Ride a Bike”. The club has 60 members, of whom 25 are female, and gathers three times a week to practice at a gymnasium in the capital, using metal tables, wooden crates and boxes to perfect stunts they have seen performed on YouTube, Facebook, and other social media. In Afghanistan, cycling is a major taboo for girls, and often viewed as a sin, but some girls dared to join the freestyle cycling club. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)



An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint near Bagram U.S. air base, on the day the last of American troops vacated it, Parwan province, Afghanistan on July 2, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint near Bagram U.S. air base, on the day the last of American troops vacated it, Parwan province, Afghanistan on July 2, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)



Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan on July 10, 2021. (Photo by Jalil Ahmad/Reuters)

Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan on July 10, 2021. (Photo by Jalil Ahmad/Reuters)



A member of the Afghan Special Forces speaks to a resident as others search his house during a mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A member of the Afghan Special Forces speaks to a resident as others search his house during a mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
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