Afghan schoolboys, dressed in new uniforms consisting of a salwar kameez and white hat, attend a class at a high school in Kandahar on April 10, 2025.(Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)
Afghan men and children sit atop the wreckage of a Soviet-era tank displayed in a square in Herat on April 16, 2025.(Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)
An Afghan motorcyclist rides past the rusting hull of a Soviet-era military tank in Balkh province on April 17, 2025.(Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)
Afghan men toss a friend into the air during a leisure gathering on the outskirts of Kabul on April 18, 2025.(Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)
Afghan schoolgirls walk through a field in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 22, 2025.(Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)
Afghan horse riders compete in buzkashi, a traditional Central Asian sport, on a field in the Khash district of Badakhshan province on April 29, 2025.(Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)
Afghan refugees unload their belongings from a truck after arriving from Pakistan in the Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province on May 7, 2025.(Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)
Afghan wrestlers compete in a traditional wrestling match in a field in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on May 8, 2025.(Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)
Afghan pilgrims board a plane to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj at Kandahar airport on May 12, 2025.(Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)
An Afghan farmer harvests wheat in a field in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province on May 21, 2025.(Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/AFP Photo)
An Afghan vendor offers a parrot for sale at the Koch-e Kafuroshi bird market in Kabul on May 22, 2025.(Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)
An Afghan bread vendor waits for customers on a street in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on May 28, 2025.(Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP Photo)
A boy holds a toy gun during a pro-Palestinian protest in Kabul on May 30, 2025.(Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)
An Afghan official ignites a pile of seized expired medicines with a chemical agent on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on June 2, 2025.(Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)
An Afghan woman tailor displays a traditional dress in preparation for the Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul on June 2, 2025.(Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)
Pigeons fly outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque as worshippers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul on June 7, 2025.(Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)
Afghan wrestlers compete in a makeshift arena in Kabul on June 12, 2025, as spectators gather to support favorites from across the country.(Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA)
An Afghan vendor waits for customers at his stall selling plastic containers in a Mazar-i-Sharif market on June 15, 2025.(Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)
An Afghan toy vendor awaits customers at a market in Mazar-i-Sharif on June 16, 2025.(Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)
A Hazara woman carries a container of drinking water home in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP Photo)
