Afghanistan(01 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghan security forces inspect the site of a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(02 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghan security forces take a wounded civilian man to the hospital after Taliban fighter\'s attack, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Three staff from Doctors Without Borders were killed and 30 were missing after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that may have been caused by a U.S. airstrike. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(03 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghan men lead their cows back into Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(04 of17)
Open Image ModalAn Afghan soldier raises his hands as a victory sign, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(05 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer local militiamen prepare to move, on their way to Kunduz city, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photo/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(06 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer militias stage on their way to Kunduz, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(07 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer militias stage on their way to Kunduz, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(08 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer militias stage on their way to Kunduz, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(09 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer militias rest on their way to Kunduz, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(10 of17)
Open Image ModalIn this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Afghan security forces and volunteer militias prepare to move, on their way to Kunduz, Afghanistan to fight against Taliban fighters. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Naim Rahimi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Week In Mideast Afghanistan and Pakistan Photos(11 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Afghanistan\'s security forces take their position during a clash by Taliban fighters in the highway between Balkh province to Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai says operations to clear the Taliban from Kunduz continue. The insurgents still have a presence in various parts of the city, he said at a press conference. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Week In Mideast Afghanistan and Pakistan Photos(12 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 file photo, a Taliban fighter sits on his motorcycle adorned with a Taliban flag in a street in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban the previous day in a major setback to the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Week In Mideast Afghanistan and Pakistan Photos(13 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, Taliban prisoners walk on a street after their comrades released them from the main jail in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in a massive assault Monday involving hundreds of fighters, and now control a major urban area for the first time since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Hekmat Aimaq, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Week In Mideast Afghanistan and Pakistan Photos(14 of17)
Open Image ModalFILE - On this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 file photo, Afghan National Army soldiers arrive to start an operation soon, outside of Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. military says it has conducted two more airstrikes overnight on Taliban positions around a northern Afghan city seized by the insurgents this week. (Najim Rahim via AP, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Afghanistan(15 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghanistan\'s security forces take their position during a clash by Taliban fighters in the highway between Balkh province to Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2015. Acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai says operations to clear the Taliban from Kunduz continue. The insurgents still have a presence in various parts of the city, he said at a press conference. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(16 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghan security forces patrol in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Afghanistan(17 of17)
Open Image ModalAfghan security forces take their position during a clash by Taliban fighters in the highway between Baghlan to Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The new leader of the Afghan Taliban says their capture of the northern city of Kunduz was a \"symbolic victory\" that showed the strength of the insurgency â even though the Taliban pulled out of the city after three days. (AP Photos/Najim Rahim) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)