A farmer works at a poppy field in the Zhari district of Kandahar on March 14, 2022. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





Students from the faculties of Engineering and Computer Science attend their graduation ceremony at the Benawa University in Kandahar on March 17, 2022. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





Afghan Shiite children and women kiss the holy mace for blessings during celebrations of Nowruz, the Persian new year, as Taliban soldiers stand guard at the Kart-e-Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 21, 2022. Nowruz is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in many countries including Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Iran. (Photo by Mohammed Shoaib Amin/AP Photos)





Taliban soldiers keep watch as Afghanis celebrate the Persian new year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 March 2022. This is the first Nowruz celebration in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Despite banning the celebration during Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001, the new Taliban administration said they will not stop people from celebrating, however no public holiday will be marked in the county. Nowruz, which has been celebrated for at least three thousand years, is the most revered celebration in the greater Persian world, which includes the countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and portions of western China and northern Iraq. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





An Afghan vendor sells balloons during the Nowruz festivities to mark the Afghan New Year in Kabul on March 21, 2015. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1394. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





Afghanis celebrate the Persian new year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 March 2022. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Girls arrive at their school in Kabul on March 23, 2022. The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on March 23 prompted joy and apprehension among the tens of thousands of students deprived of an education since the Taliban's return to power. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





Afghan girls of up to primary grades attend a class at their school in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 23 March 2022. The Taliban on 23 March barred girls of grades seven to 12 from attending schools pending a decision on their uniform designs according to Islamic law, in a sudden departure from their earlier announcement that all Afghan females would be allowed to attend classes this week. Allowing girls of all ages to attend schools has been one of the most crucial demands set by the international community after the Taliban, came to power. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Students attend a class in Ayesha Durkhani girls school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2022. The students in this class are attending 6th grade, the highest class the Taliban government allowed girls to attend. (Photo by Lorenzo Tugnoli/The Washington Post)





A farmer works at a poppy plantation in a field in Zhari district in Kandahar on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





People enjoy a ride on a carousel at an amusement park in Kabul on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)





A Taliban fighter is seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022. (Photo by Ali Khara/Reuters)





Afghan farmers harvest poppy in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Friday, April 1, 2022. Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have announced a ban on poppy production, even as farmers across many parts of the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the lucrative opium which is used to make heroin. (Photo by Abdul Khaliq/AP Photo)





An Afghan girl waits to receive a rice sack, as part of humanitarian aid sent by China to Afghanistan, at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 7, 2022. (Photo by Ali Khara/Reuters)





Afghan people carry sacks of rice, given out as part of humanitarian aid sent by China to Afghanistan, at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 7, 2022. (Photo by Ali Khara/Reuters)





An Afghan woman begs for alms on a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 April 2022. The Taliban's return to power in August 2021 caused a certain disquiet among Afghan women, fearing that the rights gained over the last two decades during the Western-backed government would disappear again. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





An Afghan protester hits the building of Iranian consulate with a pickaxe during a demonstration against the alleged published reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran, in Herat on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





Afghan protestors throw stones at the building of Iranian consulate during a demonstration against the alleged published reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran, in Herat on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)





An Afghan Laborer sorts strawberries at a farm in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 13 April 2022. There is a high demand for the fruit in the markets as farmers continue to cultivate berries. Officials of the Agriculture Department expect that the province will grow about 150 metric tons of the berries by the end of the year. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Two Afghan children stand amid piles of garbage next to their home, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 18, 2022. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)