ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz explains what role the U.S. has played in Afghanistan in recent years and why the Taliban wants to take over the country.Ahmad Khalil Mayan, 40, the director of the orphanage, reviews school notes with a girl, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2021.
There are around 130 children at the orphanage. Some are as young as 3 years old. It has been operational for more than a decade and provides shelter for those who have lost both parents or just one who cannot afford to keep them.Samira, 9, and Aminullah help each other with homework at the orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2021.
"I want to serve my homeland and save others from disease and I also want other girls to study so that they become a doctor like me in the future," she told Reuters, with a sheepish grin.Samira, 9, and other children from the orphanage walk to the school bus in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2021. Facing an economic crisis as winter approaches, Taliban officials have urged Western governments to resume aid donations and called on the United States to lift a block on more than $9 billion of Afghan central bank reserves held overseas.A girl at the orphanage helps Samira, 9, put on her chaddor before going to school, in her room at the orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2021.
The Taliban, which banned all girls' education when they ruled from 1996-2001, have said they are working on the issue.Samira, 9, and other children from the orphanage, ride the bus to school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2021.
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