Taliban member Subhan, 18, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses for a photo outside the border regiment in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021. Picture taken October 21, 2021. Subhan says he has been fighting with the Taliban for two years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Wafiullah, 15, from Maidan Wardak province, sits on his bike that has an Islamic Emirate flag hanging on it, as he poses for a photo in front of a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
An Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag hangs over a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Rohullah Nasratullah, 24, from Maidan Wardak Province, who is now in charge of security at a Kabul police station, holds a walkie talkie as he poses for a photo while on patrol at a cricket field in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. "When I started in the Jihad against the Americans, I was 14 or 15 years old," said Nasratullah. "During that time, my brother was our group leader and I used to participate in some battles only. But when I turned 20, I spent all my time with the mujahidin and in battle," he added. "I am so delighted because we have fulfilled all the ambitions that we have been carrying for the past 20 years." REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Qari Zulmai, from Helmand province, holds a gun as he poses for a photo outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. "The Jihad has succeeded,A we have beaten Americans,A we won't ever let them come again, we will bring peace and prosperity to all the people. We have a lot of Martyrs," said Zulmai, who says he has been fighting with the Taliban for 15 years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Mawlawi Mansoor, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses in front a flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, at his office where he now oversees security for the 7th district in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Mansoor, who carries the title Mawlawi, given to those respected for their religious knowledge, spent 14 or 15 years in the insurgency, eight of them in the notorious Bagram prison outside Kabul where many Taliban were held. "When Americans told me you are a prisoner, I told them those who had come to be occupiers are the real detainees," said Mansoor. "The prison was not for me, it was for them all these years. We were physically detained, but our ideas were freer than ever," he added. "When I was free, I joined the fight the next day." REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A Pashto poem is seen written on the door of an American made Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), used by the Taliban at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 21, 2021. Picture taken October 21, 2021. The poem translates to "O revolution your begging bowl is never filled, you want the flower of my youth as charity." REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A teacher uses a stick to wake up a boy who fell sleep at a madrasa in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. Picture taken October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban members Wali Mohammed, 19, and Rohullah Nassrat, 24, patrol a cricket field in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A Taliban patrol with a waving Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag drives past a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Shafiullah, 29, from Maidan Wardak province, holds a gun as he poses for a photo outside the border regiment in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 23, 2021. Picture taken October 23, 2021. Shafiullah says he has been fighting with the Taliban for six years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Muhammad Ajmal, 22, a sniper who says he has been with the Taliban for ten years, poses for a photo holding an M4 rifle in his office in the 7th district in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. "For those who call themselves the superpower: we showed them they can also bow down. All our success is thanks to our prayers," said Ajmal. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Jawid, 21, poses for a photo in his wheelchair while registering for a new leg prosthesis at the Red Cross rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. Jawid said he lost one eye and one leg after a U.S. aircraft bombing in Maidan Shar four years ago. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Adel, 26, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses for a photo with an American made M16 rifle on the staircase of 7th district building in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Adel says he has been fighting with the Taliban for more than five years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Children pose for a photo after receiving bags of food, in front of the concrete wall of a former U.S. army base in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban members Muhammad Aref and Junaid, greet each other with a hug at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Taliban member Sayeed Jan, 20, from Ghazni province, poses with an AK-47 during a patrol inside Eidgah Great Mosque in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A general view of Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Afghanistan's young Taliban fighters face the challenge of peace