EditorialAfghan commandos on July 6, 2021, in Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan that Taliban insurgents had cut off on all sides. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialFamilies displaced by recent fighting took refuge at the Bibi Amina school in Kunduz, Afghanistan on July 7, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialDerelict Russian tanks on hilltop base overlooking Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was captured in 2015 by the Taliban, March 7, 2018. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanullah, from Kunduz, with his son, Rohed, at a makeshift camp for displaced Afghans, which stretches between the north and south lanes of the main route in and out of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialDisplaced Afghan women plead for help with a police officer at the Bibi Amina school in Kunduz, Afghanistan, July 7, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden speaks about his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan at the White House in Washington, July 8, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times)
EditorialVillagers arrive from Taliban-controlled areas are searched on the way to the bazaar in the Archi District of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2017.(Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialA military base littered with old Russian tanks on a hilltop overlooking Kunduz City, Afghanistan, March 7, 2018. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry shield a wounded soldier from the wash of a helicopter that will evacuate him, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2010. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry shield a wounded soldier from the wash of a helicopter that will evacuate him, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2010. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
EditorialA boy in the Amu Darya River, on the border with Tajikistan, in Kunduz Provicne, Afghanistan, July 8, 2017. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Kunduz Regional Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2016, is the main health facility for several restive provinces in northern Afghanistan. (Najim Rahim/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry shield a wounded soldier from the wash of a helicopter that will evacuate him, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2010. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
EditorialA shoe by a stream, which is littered with clothing taken from migrants, near Glinica, at the border with Croatia, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura Boushnak/The New York Times)