A worker sorts harvested pomegranates in Mazara village in the Arghandab district of Kandahar on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo)





Two men chat in a predominantly Hazara neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 9, 2021. A strange, new relationship is developing in Afghanistan following the takeover by the Taliban three months ago. The Taliban, Sunni hard-liners who for decades targeted the Hazaras as heretics, are now their only protection against a more brutal enemy: the Islamic State group. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





Hazara men cook inside a small restaurant in a predominantly Hazara neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, November 7, 2021. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A boy looks at the rifle of a guard from a Shiite Hazara minority outside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A woman leaves a Shiite shrine in a predominantly Hazara neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 9, 2021. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A street vendor sells corn in a predominantly Hazara neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 9, 2021. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





Bird vendors wait for customers at a bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Afghan children buy bread from a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, November 17, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A Taliban fighter secures the area as people queue to receive cash at a money distribution site organized by the World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, November 17, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A Afghan boy carries bread to his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A street vendor pushes his cart in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a burka walks down a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Taliban fighters patrol at a bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A young boy celebrates as he plays cricket with his friends in Chaman-e-Hozori park, Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, November 19 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





People count banknotes after receiving money from a World Food Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, November 20, 2021. With the U.N. warning millions are in near-famine conditions, the WFP has dramatically ramped up direct aid to families. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Street vendors run with their carts in Chaman-e-Hozori park, Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, November 19 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Women queue to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, November 20, 2021. Thousands of Afghan families are registering for WFP aid because they cannot afford food in the country’s economic collapse. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A bookshop owner repairs a book in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, November 22, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





A boy pushes his cart loaded with cabbage to sell, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, November 22, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Burka-wearing Afghan women walk past a clothing shop, in Herat, Afghanistan, Tuesday, November 23, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)