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Charles being shown Afghan rugs commissioned by Turquoise Mountain on display at Leighton House, London, in 2023" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A file image shows Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles in Virginia" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Taliban’s acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks in eastern Paktia province, Afghanistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
An injured passenger, rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents, is carried on a stretcher at a railway station in Much in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Afghan refugees settle in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Burqa-clad Afghan women walk on a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 22 August 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Maeve Alcina Pieescu, left, Maryam Ravish and Parwen Hussaini in Kabul about a week before the arrest" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
An Adani Group signage is displayed at the construction site of a real estate project by Adani Realty in Mumbai" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Zalmay Khalilzad, special representative on Afghanistan reconciliation, speaks on Capitol Hill during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the US-Afghanistan relationship following the military withdrawal" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre launches his campaign for the 28 April federal election at the Kruger plant in Brampton" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Peter and Barbie Reynolds remained in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in 2021, having set up an agency named Rebuild, which provides training in schools, non-profit organisations and businesses aimed at ‘fostering healthy relationships’" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
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File: Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology take part in a protest in Dhaka on 10 October 2019" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Women activists holding posters take part in a protest in front of Bangladesh's Parliament building " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. A Frontier Corps soldier stands guard at the site after militants ambushed a train in Balochistan, Pakistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Passengers rescued by security forces from a train attacked by Baloch insurgents arrive at a railway station in Much, Pakistan, on 13 March 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Injured victims of the train hijacking in Sibi, are transferred to a hospital in Quetta, the provincial capital of restive Balochistan province, Pakistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Militants wearing suicide vests loaded with explosives barricaded themselves inside the train with passengers in Balochistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Pakistani soldiers secure Mach railway station after freeing some of the passengers from the train" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A severely malnourished, premature 15 day old baby gets treated in the pediatric - neonatal unit at the 'Doctors Without Borders' Kutupalong clinic in 2017" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Soldier helps evacuate freed train passengers at the Mach railway station in Pakistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
The Jaffar Express was attacked on Tuesday" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Air travel can be a minefield of etiquette infractions" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Former King Gyanendra Shah greets the crowds upon his arrival at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
The Jaffar Express was attacked on Tuesday" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Air travel can be a minefield of etiquette infractions" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
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Womens lives have been severely restricted since the Tailban regained power in Afghanistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Malala Yousufzai poses for a picture in her hometown" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Myanmar Rohingya" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A girl injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Bannu is treated in hospital" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
The 25-year-old Wazir Khan has been actively campaigning for the rights of Afghan girls and boys education inside Taliban-run country" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. An Afghan soldier passes an American military vehicle at the Bagram Air Base" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Film. Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has taught several Taliban leaders over the years" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Flash floods gush over a damaged bridge after heavy rainfall at Qala area of Panjshir, Afghanistan, on 15 July 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus during a meeting in Cairo on 19 December 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Peter and Barbie Reynolds are currently under arrest by the Taliban " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Still from a video shows the Bangladesh armed forces in action during violence on Monday " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
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Moments before Hydrogen balloons exploded during an event in Nepal injuring the deputy prime minister and mayor" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka which killed six elephants" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Activists of Civil Society carry placards during a protest against child labour and violence against children, in Karachi on 8 June 2020" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Representative: Students hold posters protesting violence against women in India" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Myanmar marks fourth anniversary of the coup this February" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. A Bangladeshi woman consoles her mother as she weeps after receiving the body of her son, who was shot during a clash between protesters and police in Dhaka " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Sri Lankans stand beside an inoperative traffic light following a nationwide power outage in Galle " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Indian soldiers stand guard at the Jaswant Garh war memorial in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
This handout photograph taken by Press Wing of Bangladesh's Chief Adviser and released on 21 November 2024, shows Nobel laureate and chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government Muhammad Yunus (R) with former premier and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia (L) at a reception to mark the country's Armed Forces Day in Dhaka" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Onijah Robinson with police officials in Karachi " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Armed Taliban security personnel sit on a Humvee outside a mosque in Argo district, Badakhshan province" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Houses reflected in standing water in the coastal Pakistani city of Gwadar" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Ebony McIntosh had been staying at a hostel in Colombo before she fell ill" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Teachers and students attending a class on-air at Radio Begum in Kabul in 2021" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
People watch as protesters use heavy machinery to demolish the residence of late Bangladesh leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File: Taliban leader Abbas Stanikzai attends the Intra Afghan Dialogue talks in Doha" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
The skyline of Colombo, Sri Lanka" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Security personnel stand guard outside United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan office compound in Guzara district of Herat province on 31 July 2021" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
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File. A man reads news of social media platform X blockade on a computer in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 21 February 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Bangladesh train strikes 2025 " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File: Paramilitary soldiers stand guard along roadside to ensure security in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Taliban soldier stands guard at the entrance gate of Mes Aynak valley, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 2, 2022" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan’s supporters hold Khan’s portrait during a protest in Peshawar on 17 January 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Ryan Corbett was detained by the Taliban when he returned to Afghanistan in 2022 to work on his microlending and consulting business" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
The Taliban has barred females from education after sixth grade" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File: This handout file photo provided by the Arakan Army shows flames rising after an airstrike allegedly by the ruling military in Kyauk Ni Maw village, in Ramree township, also pronounced Yanbye, in Rakhine state, Myanmar, Wednesday, 8 January 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Taliban government’s deputy foreign minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (top) speaks during a function in Kabul " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister protest outside the court in Islamabad to demand his release" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Ground staff stand next to the Pakistan International Airline aircraft ahead of its takeoff for Paris at the Islamabad International Airport " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Ryan Corbett (L), George Glezmann (C) and Mahmoud Habibi (R) are the American citizens held ‘hostage’ by Taliban in Afghanistan " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Khaleda Zia" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Malala Yousafzai" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Passengers board a Pakistan International Airlines flight" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Local residents gather as rescuers conduct an operation to recover coal mine workers following a methane gas explosion that caused a coal mine to collapse in Singidi, a remote area of southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Friday, 10 January 2025" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. Miners join a search for fellow workers at a coal mine following a gas explosion" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Mark Wood of England is bowled by Rashid Khan of Afghanistan for the final wicket of the match during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup India 2023 " class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
A Kung Fu nun practises before her performance during the reopening of the nunnery for the first time since the COVID-19 closure at Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal December 30, 2024" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
Demonstrators wave Bangladesh's national flag during a rally in Dhaka celebrating the ousting of the country's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File. A Taliban prison guard stands next to a poster ordering women to cover themselves during the distribution of new uniforms in Jalalabad on 5 February 2023" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
An Afghan security personnel uses his phone at the site of an alleged blast in Kabul" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
An Afghan woman sits next to a grave reciting the holy Koran at a cemetery on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">
File: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the media at a vandalized metro station in Mirpur" class="sc-1mc30lb-0 cpasWE sc-ntudqq-2 eotGJz">