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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)
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