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A Look at Life in Afghanistan

A Look at Life in Afghanistan
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A family prepares tea outside the Directorate of Disaster office where they are camped, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, November 29, 2021. About 2000 internally displaced people left Allahyar village in Ghor province because of a drought and are seeking help from the regional government in Herat. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A family prepares tea outside the Directorate of Disaster office where they are camped, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, November 29, 2021. About 2000 internally displaced people left Allahyar village in Ghor province because of a drought and are seeking help from the regional government in Herat. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls listen their teacher at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. While most high school girls in Afghanistan are forbidden to attend class by the country's Taliban rulers, one major exception are those in the western province of Herat. For weeks, girls there have been attending high school classes, thanks to a unique effort by teachers and parents to persuade local Taliban administrators to allow schools to reopen. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls listen their teacher at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. While most high school girls in Afghanistan are forbidden to attend class by the country’s Taliban rulers, one major exception are those in the western province of Herat. For weeks, girls there have been attending high school classes, thanks to a unique effort by teachers and parents to persuade local Taliban administrators to allow schools to reopen. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls participate a lesson at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls participate a lesson at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls take a break at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls take a break at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls exit classrooms at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan girls exit classrooms at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Street vendors push their carts in Chaman-e-Hozori park, Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Street vendors push their carts in Chaman-e-Hozori park, Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A man distributes bread to Burka-wearing Afghan women outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, December 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. Increasing numbers of malnourished children have filled hospital wards. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A man distributes bread to Burka-wearing Afghan women outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, December 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. Increasing numbers of malnourished children have filled hospital wards. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan men wrestle in front of spectators in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. The scene is one played out each week after Friday prayers in the sprawling Chaman-e-Huzori park in downtown Kabul, where men, mainly from Afghanistan's northern provinces, gather to watch and to compete in pahlawani, a traditional form of wrestling. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan men wrestle in front of spectators in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. The scene is one played out each week after Friday prayers in the sprawling Chaman-e-Huzori park in downtown Kabul, where men, mainly from Afghanistan’s northern provinces, gather to watch and to compete in pahlawani, a traditional form of wrestling. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An aerial view of Chaman-e-Huzori park downtown Kabul Afghanistan, as people make a circle to watch wrestling matches , Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An aerial view of Chaman-e-Huzori park downtown Kabul Afghanistan, as people make a circle to watch wrestling matches , Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A spectator presses a banknote into the winner's hand after a wresting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A spectator presses a banknote into the winner’s hand after a wresting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A boy sales eggs to spectators during wrestling matches in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A boy sales eggs to spectators during wrestling matches in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators watch wrestling match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators watch wrestling match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An Afghan men prepares to compete a wrestling match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An Afghan men prepares to compete a wrestling match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators leave on a three wheel vehicle after watch wrestling matches in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators leave on a three wheel vehicle after watch wrestling matches in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan men wrestle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Afghan men wrestle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators leave from a wrestling in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Spectators leave from a wrestling in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, December 3 , 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

A member of the Taliban stands next to an Afghan hawker selling bird feed at a market area in Kabul on December 3, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)

A member of the Taliban stands next to an Afghan hawker selling bird feed at a market area in Kabul on December 3, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP Photo)

An Afghan boy carries a tray of bread on his head, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An Afghan boy carries a tray of bread on his head, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An Afghan woman wearing a burka exits a small shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 5, 2021. Women's rights activists in the Afghan capital of Kabul insisted Sunday they would continue fighting for their right to education, employment and participation in Afghan political and social life, and said a recent Taliban decree banning forced marriage was not enough to address the issue of women's rights. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

An Afghan woman wearing a burka exits a small shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 5, 2021. Women’s rights activists in the Afghan capital of Kabul insisted Sunday they would continue fighting for their right to education, employment and participation in Afghan political and social life, and said a recent Taliban decree banning forced marriage was not enough to address the issue of women’s rights. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

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