Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in...
Madoon Ghaffur is single and works as a singer and actress in the dubbing studio at Ariana Television. Ariana has an ambitious broadcasting schedule...
Associated Press reporter and stringer Patrick O'Donnell walks up a riverbed outside of the Zhawar training camp built and controlled by Afghan...
Convoy of British Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAPs, known as Foxhounds, works it's way through morning traffic jams in downtown Kabul...
Convoy of British Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAPs, known as Foxhounds, works it's way through morning traffic jams in downtown Kabul...
Convoy of British Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAPs, known as Foxhounds, works it's way through morning traffic jams in downtown Kabul...
Troops from Charlie Company, the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, and soldiers of the Afghan National Army battle a fire caused by Taliban rockets...
Ahmad Sidiqqi, in the laboratory that he runs, has worked at Afghan Film for many years. "During the Mujahideen years the building was attacked. I...
Noor Akor with his children Lailee Almos Jawat, 1 and a half, and Javed . Noor is not untypical of the average Afghan. He has to support his family...
Qudriya Yazdan Parast is an elected MP in the Afghan Parliament. She is photographed at home with friends who prefer not to be identified for fear of...
Young Afghan girl poses briefly for this picture in Murad Khane as she is late for class at the local primary school, where she is in third grade....
Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show Banu. Farzana's show centers on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security...
Young Afghan girls Historai Sheba Rifer Soloha and Tina, 4 on a hilltop overlooking Nadir Shah and Kabul. Children have been the primary victims of...
In this picture taken on July 15 Afghan militia fighters keep a watch at an outpost against Taliban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh Province.
Afghan militia gather with their weapons to support Afghanistan security forces against the Taliban, in Afghan warlord and former Mujahideen leader...
Afghan burqa-clad women walk past a Taliban security personnel along a street in Jalalabad on April 30, 2023.
Taliban take to the streets during a national holiday celebrating the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2022 in Kabul,...
Taliban members paddle in a boat as they and Afghan families enjoy a visit to one of the lakes in Band-e Amir national park, a popular week-end...
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. - Afghanistan's...
Afghan security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against Taliban, stand guard in Enjil district of Herat province on July 30, 2021.
In this picture taken on July 11, 2021 an Afghan militia fighter keeps a watch at an outpost against Taliban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh...
Afghan burqa-clad women stand in a queue as they wait to receive food aid from a non-governmental organisation at a gymnasium in Kabul on January 17,...
Taliban security personnel stand guard along a road in Kabul on December 21, 2022. - Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on December...
Taliban fighters fired into the air as they dispersed a rare rally by women as they chanted "Bread, work and freedom" and marched in front of the...
Women hold placards during a protest calling for their rights to be recognised, near the Shah-e-Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul on November 24, 2022. -...
This picture taken on December 25, 2022 shows student Marwa protesting alone against the ban on women's higher education, outside the Kabul...
In this photograph taken on March 28 a member of the anti-Taliban "Sangorians" militia fires a heavy machine gun during an ongoing fight with Taliban...
Thousands of Afghans rush to the Hamid Karzai International Airport as they try to flee the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021.
An Afghan National Army soldier looks towards the Pakistani border only 200 meters away October 17, 2006 near Camp Tillman in the Paktika province of...
Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province...
Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17 after...
Taliban fighters drive an Afghan National Army vehicle through the streets of Laghman province on August 15, 2021.
Taliban security personnel watch Afghan horsemen compete in a traditional Central Asian sport 'buzkashi' during a friendly match between provinces at...
Banner with a picture of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud is installed next to residential buildings as burqa-clad Afghan women walk along an...
Afghan women wearing Burqas gather outside their tents on March 17, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are 165 families living in tents as internally...
Taliban fighters fired into the air as they dispersed a rare rally by women as they chanted "Bread, work and freedom" and marched in front of the...
People wave Taliban flags as they drive through the Pakistani border town of Chaman on July 14 after the Taliban claimed they had captured the Afghan...
Afghan women hold placards as they march to protest for their rights, in Kabul on April 29, 2023. - Afghan women protested in Kabul on April 29,...
Taliban fighter holds a poster of late Afghan leader of the Haqqani network Jalaluddin Haqqani while chanting victory slogans at the Ahmad Shah...
Afghan women learn how to embroid at a workshop sponsored by a Malaysian NGO called Mercy that seeks to help local females to empower themselves, on...
Taliban fighter holds a poster of late Afghan leader of the Haqqani network Jalaluddin Haqqani while chanting victory slogans at the Ahmad Shah...
Representatives of Taliban led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar , accompanied by Head of Political Office of the Taliban Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai...
Armed Pakistani Taliban gather at a hideout in the semi-autonomous tribal district of Orakzai on April 22, 2009. Pakistan helicopter gunships raided...
Taliban take to the streets during a national holiday celebrating the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2022 in Kabul,...
In this photograph taken on May 28 an Afghan female presenter with news network 1TV, Lima Spesaly with her face covered by a veil, takes a break...
Taliban fighters patrol along a street during a demonstration by people to condemn the recent protest by the Afghan women's rights activists, in...
The leader of the Taliban negotiating team Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar walks after the final declaration of the peace talks between the Afghan...
Members of the Taliban patrol the streets of Kandahar on August 19, 2022 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The collapse of the economy and the freezing of...
Afghan armed men supporting the Afghan security forces against the Taliban stand with their weapons and Humvee vehicles at Parakh area in Bazarak,...
Pakistani soldier stands guard as stranded Afghan nationals return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on...
In this photograph taken on November 3 Afghan Taliban fighters look on as they listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund , the newly appointed leader...
Afghan people stand with food aid being distributed by a non-governmental organisation at a gymnasium in Kabul on January 17, 2023. - At least three...
Taliban fighters fire into the air to disperse Afghan women protesters in Kabul on August 13, 2022. - Taliban fighters beat women protesters and...
In this photograph taken on May 28 an Afghan female presenter with news network 1TV, Lima Spesaly with her face covered by a veil, speaks during a...
Woman in a burqa walks by as Afghan police search a section of Kabul after a German woman was kidnapped from a restaurant on August 18, 2007 in...
This photograph taken on November 9 shows a general view of the Habibullah Zazai Park on the outskirts of Kabul. - The Taliban have banned Afghan...
Members of the Taliban patrol the streets of Kandahar on August 19, 2022 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The collapse of the economy and the freezing of...
Burqa-clad woman walks past a banner placed by Taliban authorities asking women to wear a hijab, in Kandahar on June 16, 2022. The Taliban's...
Taliban fighters stand near the tomb of late Afghan Mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Massoud in Saricha in Panjshir Province on September 15 days after...
Afghan beauticians paint over large photos of women on the doors of beauty salons after Taliban control across the country in Nangarhar, Afghanistan,...