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Why did Trump scale back war games with South Korea?
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Published On 17 Aug 2026
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A Taliban fighter holds a yellow canister meant to represent a homemade explosive in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, as he rides in a vehicle with children during celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the group’s return to power. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Taliban security personnel dance while holding a launcher for rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons during celebrations at Ahmad Shah Massoud Square in Kabul, Afghanistan. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
A flower seller arranges bouquets before celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power. [Nava Jamshidi/AP Photo]
Four girls hold Taliban flags in Kabul on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the US withdrawal. [Nava Jamshidi/AP Photo]
Roller skaters perform stunts near the Eidgah mosque in Kabul. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
A Taliban security officer holds a marigold and a gun at a sports event during the anniversary celebrations. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
A portrait of Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani is displayed on a car in Kabul during the celebrations. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Children collect flowers dropped from a military helicopter during an athletes’ parade. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Dancing to loud patriotic music and taking selfies, supporters of the Taliban rallied in central Kabul. [Nava Jamshidi/AP Photo]
People pack into cars and spill out of windows, sunroofs and the back of pick-up trucks, waving the white flag of the Taliban government. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A burqa-clad woman in Mazar-i-Sharif sells Taliban flags. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Taliban officials watch athletes perform near the Eidgah mosque in Kabul. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Afghan men near the Eidgah mosque in Kabul watch cyclists perform. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Young Afghans hold a bloodstained effigy of US President Donald Trump during the anniversary celebrations in Herat. [Mohsen Karimi/AFP]
Hundreds of Afghans gather just metres from the former embassy of the United States, whose drawdown of troops resulted in the chaotic exit of foreign forces in 2021. [Siddiqullah Alizai/AP Photo]
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