EditorialA classroom filled with female students at Fatima Balkh High School in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2021. (Kiana Hayeri/The New York Times)
EditorialOmid Wahidi, second from left, a recent militia recruit, born after the U.S. invasion in 2001, with other recruits at a compound near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 11, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)