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An Afghan civilian flees from frontline areas on his donkey while his wife walks beside him 01 November 1996. Hundreds of villagers moved from frontline areas due to fighting. Taliban fighters sealed off access to the fronts near Kabul in a bid to prevent locals from passing military secrets to opposition forces. Under the Taliban, men are banned from trimming their beards and women are required to wear the all-covering tent-like burqa garment. Puritanical Moslem fighters armed with rubber hoses and leather straps are forcing the residents of Kabul into mosques for prayers. The Taliban warriors, who are believed to have emerged from religious seminaries, or madressas, in Pakistan, took to the Afghan scene in 1994, captured Kabul in 1996 and control two-thirds of Afghanistan, which has been at war for 20 years following the Soviet invasion of 1978. (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

An Afghan civilian flees from frontline areas on his donkey while his wife walks beside him 01 November 1996. Hundreds of villagers moved from frontline areas due to fighting. Taliban fighters sealed off access to the fronts near Kabul in a bid to prevent locals from passing military secrets to opposition forces. Under the Taliban, men are banned from trimming their beards and women are required to wear the all-covering tent-like burqa garment. Puritanical Moslem fighters armed with rubber hoses and leather straps are forcing the residents of Kabul into mosques for prayers. The Taliban warriors, who are believed to have emerged from religious seminaries, or madressas, in Pakistan, took to the Afghan scene in 1994, captured Kabul in 1996 and control two-thirds of Afghanistan, which has been at war for 20 years following the Soviet invasion of 1978. (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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397601 02: A woman clad in a traditional burqa walks with children as they flee the village of Khanabad November 21, 2001 as U.S. warplanes drop bombs on Taliban positions near the village and on the city of Kunduz. Kunduz is under siege by the Northern Alliance, who surround aproximately 5000 Taliban ''foreigners'' - Arab, Chechen and Pakistani volunteer fighters who have vowed to fight to the death. (Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)

397601 02: A woman clad in a traditional burqa walks with children as they flee the village of Khanabad November 21, 2001 as U.S. warplanes drop bombs on Taliban positions near the village and on the city of Kunduz. Kunduz is under siege by the Northern Alliance, who surround aproximately 5000 Taliban ''foreigners'' - Arab, Chechen and Pakistani volunteer fighters who have vowed to fight to the death. (Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)
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SURKH ROD, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 14: Women displaced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -Khorasan (ISIS-K) bake naan at their current home on July 14, 2017, in Surkh Rod District, Afghanistan. The woman in the center of the photograph lost her husband after IS fighters discovered he was a cook for the government. The families moved ten months ago from the Pachir wa Agam District when IS took control of their town. Military operations by Afghan and United States forces are currently underway to remove IS fighters from Nangarhar Province in Eastern Afghanistan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

SURKH ROD, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 14: Women displaced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -Khorasan (ISIS-K) bake naan at their current home on July 14, 2017, in Surkh Rod District, Afghanistan. The woman in the center of the photograph lost her husband after IS fighters discovered he was a cook for the government. The families moved ten months ago from the Pachir wa Agam District when IS took control of their town. Military operations by Afghan and United States forces are currently underway to remove IS fighters from Nangarhar Province in Eastern Afghanistan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
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397601 01: An Afghan refugee woman, clad in a traditional burqa, holds her child and passes a destroyed and abandoned Soviet tank November 21, 2001 as she and other families flee the city of Kunduz. The city is under siege by the Northern Alliance, who have surrounded aproximately 5,000 Taliban ''foreigners'', which include Arab, Chechen and Pakistani volunteer fighters. The Alliance is attempting to negotiate a ceasefire and surrender. (Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)

397601 01: An Afghan refugee woman, clad in a traditional burqa, holds her child and passes a destroyed and abandoned Soviet tank November 21, 2001 as she and other families flee the city of Kunduz. The city is under siege by the Northern Alliance, who have surrounded aproximately 5,000 Taliban ''foreigners'', which include Arab, Chechen and Pakistani volunteer fighters. The Alliance is attempting to negotiate a ceasefire and surrender. (Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)
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282996 09: Veiled women stand in the street October 11, 1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of Ahmas Shah Masoud, allies of the ousted Afghanistan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. (Photo by Roger Lemoyne/Liaison)

282996 09: Veiled women stand in the street October 11, 1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of Ahmas Shah Masoud, allies of the ousted Afghanistan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. (Photo by Roger Lemoyne/Liaison)
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