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FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat's Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 25, 2021. The Taliban on July 4, 2023 ordered beauty salons to shut down for offering allegedly un-Islamic services like eyebrow shaping. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat's Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 25, 2021. The Taliban on July 4, 2023 ordered beauty salons to shut down for offering allegedly un-Islamic services like eyebrow shaping. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

File - Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi, File)

File - Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi, File)

Taliban leaders and fighters attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Taliban leaders and fighters attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

FILE -An Afghan man walks near his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehrab Ibrahimi, File)

FILE -An Afghan man walks near his damaged home after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mehrab Ibrahimi, File)

Taliban leaders and fighters attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Taliban leaders and fighters attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. The Taliban Virtue and Vice Ministry had on May 7, 2022 ,said women in public must wear all-encompassing robes and cover their faces except for their eyes. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. The Taliban Virtue and Vice Ministry had on May 7, 2022 ,said women in public must wear all-encompassing robes and cover their faces except for their eyes. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

FILE -Afghan children carry donated aid to their tents, while they are scared and crying from the fierce sandstorm, after a massive earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

FILE -Afghan children carry donated aid to their tents, while they are scared and crying from the fierce sandstorm, after a massive earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

FILE -A view of the education center that was attacked by a suicide bomber, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi), File)

FILE -A view of the education center that was attacked by a suicide bomber, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi), File)

FILE -A man walks out of his damaged house after a powerful earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi, File)

FILE -A man walks out of his damaged house after a powerful earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi, File)

FILE -In this handout photo released by the Taliban Prime Minister Media Office, China's new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng meets with Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund during the recognition ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Taliban Prime Minister Media Office via AP, File)

FILE -In this handout photo released by the Taliban Prime Minister Media Office, China's new ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng meets with Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund during the recognition ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Taliban Prime Minister Media Office via AP, File)

FILE, Female Afghan Taekwondo team members practice during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 1, 2021. The Taliban on Nov. 10, 2022 banned women from using gyms and parks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

FILE, Female Afghan Taekwondo team members practice during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 1, 2021. The Taliban on Nov. 10, 2022 banned women from using gyms and parks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

FILE - Girls walk upstairs as they enter a school before class in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 12, 2021. On March 23, 2022 the Taliban abruptly reversed a promise to allow girls above the sixth grade to attend school. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

FILE - Girls walk upstairs as they enter a school before class in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 12, 2021. On March 23, 2022 the Taliban abruptly reversed a promise to allow girls above the sixth grade to attend school. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

FILE - This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines around the scene at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion. (Department of Defense via AP, File)

FILE - This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines around the scene at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion. (Department of Defense via AP, File)

Taliban leaders attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Taliban leaders attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

FILE - In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri poses for a photograph with Osama bin Laden in Khost, Afghanistan. On July 31, 2022 — The U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike on a safe house in Kabul..(AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

FILE - In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri poses for a photograph with Osama bin Laden in Khost, Afghanistan. On July 31, 2022 — The U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike on a safe house in Kabul..(AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

FILE - Afghan students queue at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 26, 2022. Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said on, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Afghan students queue at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 26, 2022. Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said on, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Afghans attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghans attend a ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram Air Base in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)