Taliban members Wali Mohammed, 19, and Rohullah Nassrat, 24, patrol a cricket field in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Taliban member Rohullah Nasratullah, 24, from Maidan Wardak Province, who is now in charge of security at a Kabul police station, holds a walkie talkie as he poses for a photo while on patrol at a cricket field in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. "When I started in the Jihad against the Americans, I was 14 or 15 years old," said Nasratullah. "During that time, my brother was our group leader and I used to participate in some battles only. But when I turned 20, I spent all my time with the mujahidin and in battle," he added. "I am so delighted because we have fulfilled all the ambitions that we have been carrying for the past 20 years." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Shafiullah, 29, from Maidan Wardak province, holds a gun as he poses for a photo outside the border regiment in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 23, 2021. Picture taken October 23, 2021. Shafiullah says he has been fighting with the Taliban for six years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Taliban member Haknama, 20, from Helmand Province, holds a pistol as he poses for a photo at Qargha Reservoir on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, October 29, 2021. Picture taken October 29, 2021. Haknama says he has been fighting with the Taliban for four years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Taliban member Shafiullah, 19, (centre), from Maidan Wardak Province, stands at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Mawlawi Mansoor, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses in front a flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, at his office where he now oversees security for the 7th district in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Mansoor, who carries the title Mawlawi, given to those respected for their religious knowledge, spent 14 or 15 years in the insurgency, eight of them in the notorious Bagram prison outside Kabul where many Taliban were held. "When Americans told me you are a prisoner, I told them those who had come to be occupiers are the real detainees," said Mansoor. "The prison was not for me, it was for them all these years. We were physically detained, but our ideas were freer than ever," he added. "When I was free, I joined the fight the next day." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A general view of Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A teacher uses a stick to wake up a boy who fell asleep at a madrasa in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Medical student Mustafa HK, prays inside a cabin after spending the afternoon overlooking the Qargha Reservoir on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. "I'm not a defender of the Taliban or previous government, I want to talk as youth, as an Afghan citizen," said Mustafa, who came to Kabul as a child after his father was killed in the southern province of Uruzgan, a Taliban stronghold. "My mother was a doctor, an obstetrician. My father was a surgeon and my cousins and uncles are Taliban," he said. "I hope now the Taliban is not the same that was 20 years ago, and now the focus more on the economy and fight against the poverty in Afghanistan." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban members Muhammad Aref and Junaid, greet each other at a checkpoint, as a woman in a burqa walks behind them, in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

An Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag hangs over a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Wafiullah, 15, from Maidan Wardak province, sits on his bike that has an Islamic Emirate flag hanging on it, as he poses for a photo in front of a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Children pose for a photo after receiving bags of food, in front of the concrete wall of a former U.S. army base in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A boy pushes a man's wheelchair on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Jawid, 21, poses for a photo in his wheelchair while registering for a new leg prosthesis at the Red Cross rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. Jawid said he lost one eye and one leg after a U.S. aircraft bombing in Maidan Shar four years ago. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Adel, 26, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses for a photo with an American made M16 rifle on the staircase of 7th district building in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Adel says he has been fighting with the Taliban for more than five years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Muhammad Ajmal, 22, a sniper who says he has been with the Taliban for ten years, poses for a photo holding an M4 rifle in his office in the 7th district in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. "For those who call themselves the superpower: we showed them they can also bow down. All our success is thanks to our prayers," said Ajmal. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Sediqullah, 22, from Helmand Province, poses for a photo with an American made M16 rifle at Qargha reservoir on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, October 29, 2021. Picture taken October 29, 2021. Sediqullah says he has been fighting with the Taliban for seven years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban members Muhammad Aref and Junaid, greet each other with a hug at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Qari Zulmai, from Helmand province, holds a gun as he poses for a photo outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. "The Jihad has succeeded, we have beaten Americans, we won't ever let them come again, we will bring peace and prosperity to all the people. We have a lot of Martyrs," said Zulmai, who says he has been fighting with the Taliban for 15 years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Haroon, 27, poses for a photo next to an American made Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), parked outside the border regiment, in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 23, 2021. Pictures October 23, 2021. "During the 20 years that we fought, the only goal was the Islamic Emirate, and now we got it," said Haroon. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A Pashto poem is seen written on the door of an American made Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), used by the Taliban at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 21, 2021. Picture taken October 21, 2021. The poem translates to "O revolution your begging bowl is never filled, you want the flower of my youth as charity." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Subhan, 18, from Maidan Wardak Province, poses for a photo outside the border regiment in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021. Picture taken October 21, 2021. Subhan says he has been fighting with the Taliban for two years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A Taliban patrol with a waving Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag drives past a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Asem, 27, from Maidan Wardak province, holds a machine gun as he rides on top of a pickup truck during a patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 28, 2021. Picture taken October 28, 2021. Asem says he has been a Taliban fighter for the last 12 years. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Taliban member Sayeed Jan, 20, from Ghazni province, poses with an AK-47 during a patrol inside Eidgah Great Mosque in central Kabul, Afghanistan, October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "YOUNG TALIBAN SILVA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES