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A woman teaches girls with head scarves in a classroom.

A Taliban fighter walks in front of a row of women



Three Taliban men hold guns as they walk the streets of Kabul.

Several Afghan burqa-clad women hold placards as they protest for their right to education, in Mazar-i-Sharif

"And now, up to 1.6 million more could be pushed back, while 22 million Afghans already need assistance."

Burqa-clad women walk on Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul.

A woman with black hair stares towards a mountain.

"The Taliban believe that anyone working to educate girls is spreading Western ideas and making them 'kafir' — non-believers to their ideology — and because of this I was constantly at risk and my most recent threats included gang rape,"
Ramil said.

Trucks with piled high clothing and bags sit in a line.

A woman holds up peace sign.

A traffic jam of trucks sit at the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A woman wearing a blue burqa covering shields her eyes from the sun and camera while she walks in the street

A woman in a blue mandatory burka with a child trailing behind her.

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