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An Afghan man sells Taliban flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 13, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan women use sewing machines at a workshop in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on December 1, 2022. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan people holding flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2023. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Residents protest the recent suicide attack by militants on an army enclave in Bannu, Pakistan, on July 26, 2024. (Karim Ullah/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Taliban security personnel holds his gun as he rides zipline on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban security personnel arrive to destroy a poppy field in Argo district on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Narendra Modi flashes victory sign in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. (Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bill Drexel
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Satoru Nagao
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