Former Northern Alliance soldiers ride a vehicle March 8, 2002 towards the town of Gardez, in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
Taliban fighters w. Tank at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held...
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...
Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Shirzais men patrol the streets near his compound December 12, 2001 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Kandahar has been peaceful...
Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped...
Thousands of Taliban supporters rallied October 1, 2001 in the town of Quetta, Pakistan. Quetta is located near the Afghanistan border.
British soldiers from the B Squadron of the Light Dragoons Regiment read magazines in a location in the desert while conducting counter-Taliban...
Taliban patrol in Herat city after took control in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2021 as Taliban take control of Afghanistan after 20 years.
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.
Farzia who lost her husband in Baghlan one week ago to fighting by the Taliban sits with her children, Subhan and Ismael in a tent at a makeshift IDP...
Representatives of Taliban led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar , accompanied by Head of Political Office of the Taliban Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai...
Taliban fighters w. Tank at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held...
An Afghan man wearing a lungee turban and patoo shawl, the barrel of his rifle held between his hands, with similarly dressed men in the background,...
American soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division deploy to fight Taliban fighters as part of Operation Mountain Thrust to a U.S. Base near the...
Local Afghan militia and Afghan Army soldiers consult March 14, 2007 in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghan troops, along with British...
Ahmad Shah Massoud's mujahideen capture Bagram from the Taliban. Bagram is located about 60 kilometers northwest of Kabul and is a key junction...
Former Northern Alliance soldiers travel towards the town of Gardez March 8, 2002 in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with 20 tanks are...
Taliban fighters lay down their weapons as they surrender to the government of Herat Province on October 14, 2009 in Western Afghanistan. More than...
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...
An unidentified Afghan Militia Force soldier slaps a man suspected of harboring foreign prisoners during an interrogation in support of a U.S....
Afghan women, some dressed in niqabs, others in hijabs, with one woman holding her hand out to be marked by a man holding a pen at an unspecified...
Members of the Taliban army fight on the front line October 21, 1996 near Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the Northern...
Taliban militiamen ride in a heavily armed vehicle October 10, 1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of...
Afghan and foreign investigators inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack on May 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban attack targeting a...
Taliban fighter by Russian Mi-8 helicopter captured by radical Islamic cleric-led civil war faction in taking HQ of rival mujahedin army led by...
Group of Afghan men, some wearing lungee turbans, riding in the back of a truck, Afghanistan, 1996. Afghanistan is under the rule of the Taliban, an...
Taliban members set checkpoints around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghan capital Kabul on September 02, 2021.
Women in burqas wait to board a bus in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being...
Protesters gather on Parliament Square to protest against the Taliban take over of Afghanistan on August 18, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. House of...
Defectors from the radical Islamic Taliban militia arrive October 17, 2001 in Northern Alliance-held territory at the Jamchi front, north of Kabul,...
Afghan women wearing Burqas gather outside their tents on March 17, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are 165 families living in tents as internally...
Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped...
Group of Afghan man wearing lungee turbans and pakols, with AK-47 assault rifles, and one with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, in Afghanistan,...
Taliban fighters at new radical Islamic faction's HQ, taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by maj. Student army on top in factional civil war.
Army soldiers walk to their C-17 cargo plane for departure May 11, 2013 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. U.S. Soldiers and marines are part of the...
An Afghan man wearing a lungee turban as he holds an AK-47 assault rifle, beside a similarly dressed man with a group of people, a platform truck,...
Journalists and anti-Taliban soldiers watch plumes rise from bombs dropped on Al-Qaeda positions by American bombers December 15, 2001 in the Tora...
Two Taliban soldiers pose with an RPG launcher July 25, 1996 outside Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban took over most of the country in 1996, and have...
Flags of Taliban distributed near the evacuated US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021.
Local Taliban militant guards a table with a sign reading "donations for mujahideen" in the Taliban-held village of Koza Bandi October 30, 2007 in...
Citizens of Kabul cheer Northern Alliance fighters November 13, 2001 as the rebels ride tanks into the Afghan capital on the heel of fleeing Taliban...
Veiled women stand in the street October 11, 1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of Ahmas Shah Masoud,...
Members of the Taliban army ride atop a tank October 15, 1996 near Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of Ahmas...
Halida from Tahar, who lost her father, killed by the Taliban holds her cousin Shafika, 8 months, along side family as displaced Afghans arrive at a...
Unidentified women dressed in burqa sit outside a door on June 20, 1996 in Herat, Afghanistan. The Taliban took over most of Afghanistan in late...
Group of Shia women supporting a new family law confront opponents of the law on April 15, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Opponents denounce the law as...
Taliban fighters at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held Kabul.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid answers press members questions as he holds a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 17, 2021.
Taliban fighters w. Tanks at HQ taken fr. Hekmatyar mujahedin by student-maj. Islamic faction on top in factional civil war, nr. Govt-held Kabul.
Taliban fighters at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held Kabul.
Taliban fighters guard the Afghanistan side of the Torkham crossing on August 20, 2021 as seen from Torkham, Pakistan. The Torkham crossing, 180...
An Afghan woman, who had acid thrown on her face by the Taliban in Afghanistan, looks on during a candlelight vigil to demonstrate against the...
Small group of protesters against the Taliban take over of Afghanistan gather in Parliament Square on August 17, 2021 in London, United Kingdom....
Defectors from the radical Islamic Taliban militia arrive October 17, 2001 in Northern Alliance-held territory at the Jamchi front, north of Kabul,...
Taliban fighters lay down their weapons as they surrender to the government of Herat Province on October 14, 2009 in Western Afghanistan. More than...
Group of Taliban fighters returned to Kabul from the Panjshir war to visit the Kabul Zoo on September 25, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Fighters of radical Islamic cleric-led Taliban faction reading BBC bklet in Persian Dari language, at HQ of civil war-winning army outside Kabul.