A picture taken on August 21, 2014 shows a woman Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighter standing guard during a military patrol on the front line in the Makhmur area near Mosul, during the ongoing conflict against Islamic State (IS) jihadists. Some 50 women are among the fighters from the PKK on mount Makhmur who say they are fighting IS not only because the group has posed such a direct threat to the Kurds, but also because the group "is against womens' liberation." AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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