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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Qatari capital Doha, on November 21, 2020. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, amid signs of progress in their talks as Washington speeds up its withdrawal. Pompeo's visit comes in the wake of a rocket attack which struck densely populated areas of Kabul, killing at least eight people in the latest outbreak of violence in the Afghan capital. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)

Pompeo meets Taleban, govt negotiators
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 28, 2008, US Army soliders from 1-506 Infantry Division set out on a patrol in Paktika province, situated along the Afghan-Pakistan border. - The Pentagon on November 19, 2020 announced plans to slash troop levels in Afghanistan to its lowest levels in nearly 20 years of conflict after President Trump pledged to end a war that has killed about 2,400 US soldiers and cost the American taxpayer more than $ 1 trillion since 2001. (Photo by DAVID FURST / AFP)

Abandoned by Trump, can battered Afghans pin their hopes on Biden?
In this picture taken on October 19, 2020 Islamic seminary students attend class at the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Akora Khattak. - The Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has churned out a who's who of Taliban top brass -- including many now on the hardline group's negotiating team holding talks with the Kabul government to end a 20-year war. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'Pakistan-Afghanistan-conflict-Islam - FOCUS' by David STOUT

'University of jihad' proud of alumni
Internally displaced people with their belongings flee from Nadali district to Lashkar Gah during the ongoing clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces, in Helmand province on October 14, 2020. - Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taliban and security forces, officials said on October 14, as violence continues to soar despite ongoing peace talks. (Photo by - / AFP)

Thousands of villagers flee Taleban onslaught in southern Afghanistan
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 31, 2020 Taliban prisoners walk with their belongings as they are in the process of being potentially released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, on the outskirts of Kabul. - Almost two decades after the United States launched what would become its longest-ever war with air strikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, the hardline group are in a stronger position than ever. The invasion on October 7, 2001 quickly toppled the militants, who had harboured Al-Qaeda, the group behind the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in America just weeks earlier. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Two decades after US invasion, Afghans fear return of Taleban
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Afghanistan's first female envoy to UN warns over women's rights
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (R, bottom) speaks during the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital Doha on September 12, 2020. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Women negotiators face hardline Taleban in peace talks
(L to R) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamad Bin Abdel Rahman Al-Thani attend the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital Doha on September 12, 2020. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Talks between Taleban, govt open in Qatar
Members of the Taliban delegation leave their seats at the end of the session during the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital Doha on September 12, 2020. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Afghan talks: Bitter foes with incompatible goals
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
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