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Taliban barred unaccompanied women from planes

Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Shoaib Amin)

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Taliban won’t work with U.S. to fight growth of extremist …

Relatives and residents attend a funeral ceremony for victims of a suicide attack at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The mosque was packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers when an Islamic State suicide bomber attacked during Friday prayers, killing dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as they transition from insurgency to governance. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

Joint Chiefs chairman: Afghan war was ‘strategic failure’

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Afghan survivors of errant U.S. drone strike that killed …

In this Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 file photo, the Ahmadi family pray at the cemetery next to family graves of family members killed by a US drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Funeral services honor SoCal Marines killed in Kabul airport …

Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, left, is seen in a U.S. Marine Corps portrait provided by the city of Norco. At right, Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez is seen in a photo provided by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.

Fearful U.S. residents left behind in Afghanistan hiding …

Farzia, 28, who lost her husband in Baghlan one week ago to fighting by the Taliban sits with her children, Subhan, 5, and Ismael ,2, in a tent at a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on August 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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Taliban says women can attend universities, but classes …

Girls prepare for class at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Girls prepare for class at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Taliban flag raised over Afghan presidential palace …

The iconic Taliban flag is painted on a wall outside the American embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A new world took shape from 9/11’s ashes, but it …

In this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 file photo, the Statue of Liberty stands in front of a smoldering lower Manhattan at dawn, seen from Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Dan Loh, File)

Pentagon chief: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan …

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

200 foreigners, including Americans, board 1st commercial …

A Taliban soldier walks on the tarmac at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Taliban unveils all-male interim government, including …

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Cabinet stacked with veterans of their harsh rule in the late 1990s and subsequent 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies. The line-up announced at the press conference is not likely to win the international support the Taliban so desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown. (AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq)

‘We are in some kind of jail’: Would-be evacuees …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks during a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar on Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via Associated Press)