Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: AFP / Alex Edelman)
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul announces new, interim government on September 7, 2021. (Photo: Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
US President Joe Biden walks through the cross hall to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House about the final pullout of US troops from Afghanistan August 31, 2021. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Celebratory gunfire light up part of the night sky after the last US aircraft took off from the airport in Kabul early on August 31, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
US President Joe Biden takes questions from the press as he delivers remarks on the terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Washington, DC on August 26, 2021. (Photo: Jim Watson / AFP)
When the Taliban first established themselves in Afghanistan, it was widely recognized that Pakistani intelligence was behind the new organization. (Photo: AFP)
A man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, about 160 km north of Athens, Greece, Aug. 6, 20021. (Photo: Thodoris Nikolaou/AP)
Iran's Javad Foroughi celebrates on the podium after winning the Men’s 10m Air Pistol final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, July 24, 2021. (Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP)
