Afghan children look into a window of a car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, February 4, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan female soldiers attend a training session in Herat, Afghanistan, 12 January 2021. Although Afghan forces have maintained an average of 350,000 male officers for years, the number of women in security bodies remains only a few thousand, mainly due to cultural reasons. Most traditional Afghan families reject the idea of a woman working outside their home, particularly in the security forces. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)





A boy searches for customers to sell water while walking across Kart-e Sakhi cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 January 2021. According to Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) report, more than 3,000 civilians have been killed and over 5,500 others were wounded in the conflicts in Afghanistan in 2020. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)





Internally displaced boys play outside their temporary home in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, January 18, 2021. Half of war-ravaged Afghanistan’s population is at risk of not having enough food to eat, including around 10 million children, Save the Children, a humanitarian organization said Tuesday. The group called for $3 billion in donations to pay for assistance in 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





People ride on a horsecart along a street in the old quarters of Herat on January 17, 2021. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





A firefighter walks amidst wreckage of gas tankers after a fire accident at Islam Qala on the outskirts of Herat, in the border between Afghanistan and Iran on February 14, 2021. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle after a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, February 1, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an army vehicle exploded Monday in the capital, Kabul, killing and wounding several people. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





A boy carries recyclable waste as he makes his way towards home across Kart-e Sakhi cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 January 2021. According to Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) report, more than 3,000 civilians have been killed and over 5,500 others were wounded in the conflicts in Afghanistan in 2020. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan man named Zekrhaq, aged 72, boils water in a Samovar on a roadside in Kabul, Afghanistan on 17 January 2021. “Samovar” is a metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in Afghanistan. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan woman with Burqa, right walks during a heavy fog in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan security forces escort suspected Taliban fighters as they are being presented in front of the media after an operation at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in Herat on February 2, 2021. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)





Afghan security forces inspect near a dead body of a victim after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 6, 2021. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





An Afghan internally displaced boy poses for a photograph as he holds a balloon near to a temporary shelter at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on 19 January 2021. Over 18.4 million Afghans including 9.7 million children in Afghanistan desperately need life-saving support, said Save the Children in a statement on 19 January, therefore the NGO is calling for billions of dollars in aid to cope with the challenges. The NGO says a combination of conflict, poverty, and the Coronavirus pandemic continue to have devastating impacts on the population and continue to fuel humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)





An Afghan health worker marks thumb of a child after administering polio vaccination, in the areas controlled by or under the influence of the Taliban, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 26 January 2021. Vaccination campaign in Afghanistan resumed after seven months of break due to the Coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Muhammad Sadiq/EPA/EFE)





Local residents gather at the scene of a suicide car bomb blast that targeted a police post on the outskirts of Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 07 February 2021. At least one police officer was killed and two others injured in the incident. The Afghan conflict left more than 2,500 civilian casualties in the last quarter of 2020, with a significant increase in the use of explosive devices, according to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). (Photo by Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA/EFE)





Internally displaced boys are reflected in a mirror inside their temporary home in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Save the Children has warned that more than 300,000 Afghan children face freezing winter conditions that could lead to illness, in the worst cases death, without proper winter clothing and heating. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





Afghan women attend a rally to support Afghan security forces and demand peace in the country in Herat, Afghanistan, 08 February 2021. Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan's National Security Advisor told a press conference in Kabul on 06 February, the Afghan government was ready for war after successive setbacks in recent weeks to peace talks with the Taliban, who have refused to return to discussions that began in September in Doha. (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)





Afghan youth practise breakdancing during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 10, 2021. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)





Afghan security officials present arrested members of the Taliban militants network, in Herat, Afghanistan, 02 February 2021. At least 11 armed militants who were allegedly planning attacks on government installations were arrested by the Afghan security forces in Herat. The Afghan conflict left more than 2,500 civilian casualties in the last quarter of 2020, with a significant increase in the use of explosive devices, according to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). (Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA/EFE)