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...
Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in...
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 security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against Taliban, stand guard in Enjil district of Herat province on July 30, 2021.
Afghan burqa-clad women walk past a Taliban security personnel along a street in Jalalabad on April 30, 2023.
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to...
People gather at the venue for a flag hoisting ceremony of the Taliban flag on the Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul on March 31, 2022.
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...
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...
Afghan militia gather with their weapons to support Afghanistan security forces against the Taliban, in Afghan warlord and former Mujahideen leader...
Former Northern Alliance soldiers ride a vehicle March 8, 2002 towards the town of Gardez, in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with...
Convoy of Taliban security personnel moves along a street as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan in Kabul on...
Taliban security personnel stand guard at an entrance gate of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Kabul on...
Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Gurbuz...
Taliban security personnel patrol along the road in a humvee vehicle after a man was publicly executed at a football stadium in Zaranj, in Nimruz...
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to...
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban...
In this picture taken on September 26 Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of...
Taliban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan...
Taliban security personnel watch Afghan horsemen compete in a traditional Central Asian sport 'buzkashi' during a friendly match between provinces at...
Taliban security personnel gathers at the Massoud square as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul on...
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,...
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...
Taliban security personnel inspect a damaged car two days after air strikes by Pakistan in the Barmal district of eastern Paktika province on...
Woman and children ride in a truck during a parade of Taliban supporters on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban...
Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Shirzais men patrol the streets near his compound December 12, 2001 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Kandahar has been peaceful...
Convoy of Taliban security personnel seen moving along the streets as they celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in...
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...
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...
Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped...
Armed Taliban security personnel keep guard beside the closed gate of the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan at Spin Boldak...
Taliban security personnel of Afghanistan military's 205 Al-Badr Corps carrying Taliban flags, parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's...
Taliban Security personnel stands guard while authorities burn drugs and alcoholic drinks on the outskirts of Ghazni province on May 5, 2024.
Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand with their weapons in Ahmad Aba district on the outskirts of Gardez, the capital of Paktia...
Taliban security personnel keep watch after the Eid al-Adha prayers at a checkpoint in Kabul on June 7, 2025.
Taliban security personnel stands guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting...
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 registration...
Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar...
Man standing on Afghanistan's side of the border holds a Taliban flag as people walk towards a border crossing point in Pakistan's border town of...
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 over a military vehicle as Afghan men gather in their support during a rally in Khost on October 13 amid heavy...
In this photograph taken on September 13 newly recruited Taliban fighters parade in armoured vehicles after their graduation ceremony in Herat.
Burqa-clad woman walks with a girl along a street in Kabul on May 7, 2022. - The Taliban on May 7 imposed some of the harshest restrictions on...
Taliban members stop women protesting for women's rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. - The Taliban violently cracked down on media coverage of a...
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul on October 12, 2025. Key border crossings between Pakistan...
Taliban security personnel show their skills as they ride a military vehicle during a parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover...
In this picture taken on July 15 an Afghan militia fighter keeps a watch at an outpost against Taliban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh...
Afghan security personnel stand guard along the road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar on July 9,...
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 fighters at HQ taken fr. Opposition Hekmatyar mujahedin by radical Islamic cleric-led faction on top in civil war, nr. Govt-held Kabul.
Afghan Taliban celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan with a series of events, including a military parade in front of...
British soldiers from the B Squadron of the Light Dragoons Regiment read magazines in a location in the desert while conducting counter-Taliban...
British nationals Peter Reynolds and his wife Barbara speak with journalists upon their release from Taliban custody at Kabul airport on September...
Taliban security personnel put a dummy yellow canister intended to be containing homemade explosives on back of a vehicle as they celebrate the third...
Taliban security personnel holds his gun as he rides zipline near the Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024.
