AFGHANISTAN - YEMEN - 2016 in Review.

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An injured victim from a suicide attack lies on a bed at a hospital in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 11, 2016. An Afghan official says that at least 12 new army recruits have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Ahsanullah Shinwari, head of the Jalalabad hospital, said. (AP Photo/Mirwais Rahmani)January 17, 201732April 11 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An Afghan boy who brought a shovel go between a field of flowers poppy in the District of Zhari province of Kandahar in the South, 11 April 2016.January 17, 201733April 11 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, April 11, 2016Schoolgirls walk past a damaged mini-bus after it was hit by a bomb blast in the Bagrami district of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJanuary 17, 201734April 11 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An Afghan day-laborer pauses as he moves coal onto waiting trucks on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif.

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An Afghan National Army soldier shouts after firing a rocket towards Taliban positions, on the outskirts of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. Officials say Afghan forces have repelled a Taliban assault on the northern city of Kunduz, which the insurgents had briefly seized last year.Najim Rahim / AP-16April 16 , 2016January 17, 201736Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, April 17, 2016Negin Ekhpulwak, leader of the Zohra orchestra, an ensemble of 35 women, practises on a piano at Afghanistan's National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan April 9, 2016. Playing instruments was banned under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and even today, many conservative Muslims frown on most forms of music. Living in an orphanage in the capital, Kabul, 19-year-old Negin leads an ensemble of 35 women that plays both Western...moreApril 17 , 2016January 17, 201737Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A man carrying a little girl injured in a suicide bombing in Kabul. A loud explosion rocked the capital of Kabul when the Taliban fighting the Afghan Ministry of Defense attack, killing at least 30 people.April 19 , 2016January 17, 201738Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters StaffLocationKANDAHAR, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016A U.S. airman guides a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone as it taxis to the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. Drones fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan last year and the ratio is rising, previously unreported U.S. Air Force data show, underlining how reliant the military has become on unmanned aircraft. REUTERS/Josh SmithApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201739Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters StaffLocationKANDAHAR, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016Three 500-pound bombs wait to be loaded on U.S. Air Force drones at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. Data reviewed by Reuters show strikes by unmanned aircraft accounted for 56 percent of weapons deployed by the Air Force in Afghanistan in 2015, up dramatically from 5 percent in 2011. REUTERS/Josh SmithApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201740Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters StaffLocationKANDAHAR, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits armed with Hellfire missiles and a 500-pound bomb in a hanger at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. Around 300 weapons were deployed by the Air Force in the first quarter of the year, with drones accounting for 61 percent. REUTERS/Josh SmithApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201741Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters StaffLocationKANDAHAR, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016U.S. Air Force ground crew secure weapons and other components of an MQ-9 Reaper drone after it returned from a mission, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. The trend may give clues to the U.S. military's strategy as it considers withdrawing more troops from the country, while at the same time shoring up local forces who have struggled to stem a worsening Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Josh SmithApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201742Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters StaffLocationKANDAHAR, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone takes off from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. Drone missions are secretive and have been widely criticized in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where locals and officials have blamed them for unnecessary loss of civilian life. In the latest instance, residents in Paktika province complained that a series of air strikes in April, which locals said were from drones, killed nearly 20...moreApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201743Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016Breakfast is seen in a tea shop after a suicide car bomb attack on a government security building nearby, in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201744Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016Security forces members keep watch at the site of an explosion in Kabul. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201745Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016A forensic expert inspects outside a government security building after a blast in Kabul. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201746Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016An Afghan security force stands on a government security building after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmaiApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201747Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016An Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201748Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, April 19, 2016An Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniApril 19 , 2016January 17, 201749Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, April 25, 2016A military helicopter carrying Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is seen arriving during his visit at the joint National assembly gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniApril 25 , 2016January 17, 201750Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A Afghan watches a massive anti-government protest from the space between two containers, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 16, 2016. Authorities locked down Afghanistans capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)May 16 2016January 17, 201751

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Protesters wait on a bridge for a massive anti-government protest to arrive, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 16, 2016. Authorities locked down Afghanistans capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)May 16 2016January 17, 201752


Afghan intelligence. Taliban leader Akhtar Mansoor deaths. May 21, 2016May 21 2016January 17, 201753Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerReuters TVReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016A car is seen on fire at the site of a drone strike believed to have killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar in southwest Pakistan in this still image taken from video, May 21, 2016. REUTERSMay 23 , 2016January 17, 201754Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016Afghan boys look a damaged window of a shop after a suicide attack in west of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailMay 25 , 2016January 17, 201755Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard after the inauguration of the reconstruction project to restore the ruins of historic Darul Aman palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniMay 30 , 2016January 17, 201756Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationJABAL SARAJ, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016A worker takes a break at the Jabal Saraj cement factory in Jabal Saraj, north of Kabul, Afghanistan April 19, 2016. In an area desperately short of industry and jobs, local workers hope that the relaunch of the plant in Jabal Saraj, built by Czech engineers in 1957 and closed down by the Taliban in 1995, can show that Afghanistan's shattered industry can climb back to its feet after decades of war and destruction. But the outdated...moreMay 30 , 2016January 17, 201757Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

.Internally displaced children play at a temporary shelter in Kabul. Today, Amnesty International said that more than 1.2 million Afghans have been forced to flee their homes due to violence in the past three years.

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Some Afghans have suggested the palace be left as is, as a reminder of the awful destruction that war unleashes. But the plan is to rebuild, even though the latest phase of Afghanistan's decades of conflict seems far from over and could still derail the good intentions.Above, the Darul Aman Palace is seen from afar.OMAR SOBHANI / ReutersJanuary 17, 201759GALLETY PHOTOSKABUL'S RUINED PALACE TO GET A NEW LIFEAfghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

While the dust settles on the rubble, just next door sits the pristine National Assembly which was inaugurated in December following a near $100 million build.Above, barbed wires are left at the Darul Aman Palace.

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Afghanistan's new parliament building is visible from the ruins of Darul Aman Palace.


.While most of Kabul has been repaired since the city was ravaged by wars and Taliban occupation, the palace remains in ruins.


Last month, President Ashraf Ghani launched a bold reconstruction plan to turn the palace, about 10 miles from the city center, into a museum and venue for national ceremonies.


Sunlight shine through the ruins of the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul on June 2, 2016.

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Decades of fighting have eroded the grandeur of the European-style palace, built by King Amanullah Khan atop a small hill on the outskirts of Kabul in the early 1920s, following full Afghan independence from Britain in 1919.

Above: An Afghan police officer walks inside the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul on June 2.


Fundraising for the project, which will also cover restoration of the nearby Tajbeg Palace, began in 2012 with a government campaign.Above: An Afghan police officer walks inside the Darul Aman Palace on June 2.OMAR SOBHANI / ReutersJune 2 , 2016January 17, 201766Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Darul Aman, which means "safe haven" in Arabic, had been burned several times, including during the 1979 Soviet occupation, before being wrecked by fighting. It was abandoned during the civil war in the 1990s. What was once a home to royalty is now daubed with graffiti and home to stray dogs, snakes and scorpions.Above: Graffiti is drawn on a wall of the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul on June 5.


The renovation project will take at least three years and could cost up to $20 million, Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a media adviser for the ministry of Urban Development and Housing, said last month.Above: A wall is damaged by bullets at the Darul Aman Palace. Photo was taken on June 5.OMAR SOBHANI / ReutersJune 5 , 2016January 17, 201768Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, June 07, 2016The son of Zabihullah Tamanna (L), an Afghan journalist, and his brother-in-law cry as Tamanna's coffin is transferred onto an ambulance at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniJune 7 , 2016January 17, 201769Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

With collapsed roofs and bullet-strewn crumbling walls, the derelict Darul Aman Palace has become a symbol of failed attempts to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan.Above: Afghan children play soccer in front of the war-damaged Darul Aman Palace in the suburbs of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2011.Gemunu Amarasinghe / APKABUL'S RUINED PALACE TO GET A NEW LIFEJune 8 , 2016January 17, 201770Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, June 14, 2016An Afghan man prays at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniJune 14 , 2016January 17, 201771Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An elderly Afghan man reads the Quran a during of the Islamic month of Ramadan at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)-15June 15 , 2016January 17, 201772Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An Afghan girl poses for a photograph with her dolls during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)-15June 15 , 2016January 17, 201773Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, June 15, 2016A boy prepares cookies at a small traditional factory during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJanuary 17, 2017June 15 , 2016

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, June 16, 2016An Afghan girl reads the Koran in a madrasa, a religious school, during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJanuary 17, 2017June 16 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review75

An Afghan policeman looks over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)-21January 17, 2017June 21 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review76

An Afghan soldier stands guard in the clashes with the war element Islamic State in the province, District, Afghanistan, Kot on June 26, 2016.June 26 , 2016January 17, 201777Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghan boys play on a swing prior to Iftar, the time to break fast. during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Kabul.

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An Afghan Muslim man reads versus of the Quran in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan.Rahmat Gul / AP-29June 29 , 2016January 17, 201779Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, June 29, 2016An Afghan boy jumps for a swim at Qargha lake in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJune 29 , 2016January 17, 201780Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, June 30, 2016Afghan security forces inspect the damage on one of the buses hit by suicide bombers at the site of an attack on the western outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniJune 30 , 2016January 17, 201781Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, July 04, 2016An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS Omar SobhaniJuly 4 , 2016January 17, 201782Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A soldier loyal to Shiite tribesmen, known as Houthis, stands guard during a rally in support of the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)January 17, 2017July18 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review83

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Saturday, July 23, 2016An Afghan man picks up a phone belonging to a victim after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniJuly 23 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review84

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DEADLY BLASTS TARGET PROTEST MARCH IN KABULPeople help an injured man outside a hospital after the attack.MOHAMMAD ISMAIL / Reuters-23January 17, 201785July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An Afghan protester screams near the scene of the attack.WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP - Getty Images-23January 17, 201786July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A boy sits in a state of shock near the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a protest march by members of the Hazara minority in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 80 people were killed. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. The Taliban denied responsibility.

PHOTOS: Deadly Blasts Target Kabul Protest March

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Afghans carry a man injured in the attack.Rahmat Gul / AP-23January 17, 201788July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghan men pick up pieces of victims' clothing after the suicide attack.OMAR SOBHANI / ReutersJanuary 17, 201789July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Victims lie on the ground after the explosion.EPA-23January 17, 201790July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Ethnic minority Hazaras march through Kabul before the blast.WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP - Getty Images-23January 17, 201791July 23 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, July 24, 2016Broken glass and debris are seen inside a restaurant a day after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJuly 24 , 2016January 17, 201792Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

People dig graves for the burial of the victims a day after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.JAWAD JALALI / EPA-24July 24 , 2016January 17, 201793Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An Afghan man carries an empty casket for a funeral ceremony, in Kabul, Afghanistan.Rahmat Gul / AP-25July 25 , 2016January 17, 201794Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghan police guard on a road leading to the site of an explosion, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. A strong explosion took place early Monday near a guesthouse for foreigners in Kabul, an Afghan police official said. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)Aug. 1 , 2016January 17, 201795


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PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, August 04, 2016An Afghan shopkeeper carries a mannequin after a fire broke out a shopping mall in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2016. REUTERS/ Omar SobhaniAug. 4 , 2016January 17, 201796Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, August 24, 2016A wounded man is helped by a medic inside an ambulance following an attack at American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniJanuary 17, 201797Aug. 24 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, August 24, 2016Afghan men sit in an ambulance after they were rescued from the site of an attack at American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJanuary 17, 201798Aug. 24 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, August 24, 2016A wounded man lies inside an ambulance following an attack at American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJanuary 17, 201799Aug. 24 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016Afghan officials transport a victim after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017100Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017101Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016Injured policemen are transported in the back of a police vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Share Naw attack, which caused only six injuries. Care International said in a statement its staff in Kabul were safely evacuated. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017102Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016Afghan officials inspect a victim after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017103Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017104Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016Afghan men stand at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017105Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016Mannequins and glass pieces are seen in a shop after a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017106Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016Afghan shopkeepers stand outside their shops after a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017107Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A severed mannequin hand lies in a shop near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Militants stormed a building housing an international aid organization in Kabul, provoking an overnight firefight with security forces in which gunmen and a civilian were killed, Afghan officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Sep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017108Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

.Afghan customers and vendors gather at a cattle market for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival on the outskirts of Kabul on September 10, 2016.

Muslims slaughter sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. The meat is shared among family and friends and also donated to the poor.WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP - Getty ImagesSep. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017109Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, September 12, 2016An Afghan girl rides on swings during the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 12 , 2016January 17, 2017110Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, September 18, 2016Afghan firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out at a wood market in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniSep. 18 , 2016January 17, 2017111Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghanistan Daily LifeAfghan school girls are seen reflected in the mirror of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)-27Sep. 27 , 2016January 17, 2017112Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghan children walk to school on the outskirts of Herat.AREF KARIMI / AFP - Getty Images-Oct. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review113

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, October 11, 2016Afghan policemen stand guard near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The claim to Tuesday's attack, released online, came as the community observed Ashura, one of its holiest days, although commemorations have been subdued because of security fears. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOct. 11 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review114

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, October 11, 2016An Afghan man sits inside an ambulance after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOct. 11 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review115

An Afghan man carries a wounded girl after an attack by gunmen at the Karte Sakhi shrine in Kabul, late on Oct. 11. Grieving worshippers described desperately trying to shelter their children against a hail of gunfire in Kabul that killed at least 18 people gathering to mark Ashoura, one of the most important festivals of the Shiite calendar.

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, October 11, 2016Afghan policemen walk inside the Sakhi Shrine after a overnight attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker in Kabul, said to be wearing a police uniform, entered the Karte Shakhi mosque on Tuesday night and opened fire on a crowd of Shi'ite Muslims marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh-century death of a grandson of the prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOct. 11 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review117

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, October 12, 2016Afghan men transfer a coffin of the civilian on top of a bus at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOct. 12 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review118

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, October 12, 2016An Afghan digs a grave for one of the victims of Tuesday's attack at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailOct. 12 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review119

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016An Afghan policeman stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017120Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Afghanistan Daily LifeAn Afghan woman walks past at a local brick factory as she carries her son, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)January 17, 2017121Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in ReviewSep. 19 , 2016

Afghanistan Daily LifeAn Afghan laborer poses for a photograph as he waits for customers in front of a shop in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)January 17, 2017122Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in ReviewSep. 21 , 2016

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, November 03, 2016Zarmina Ahmadi, 22, a female soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) looks out from a bus window at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailNov. 3 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review123

PhotographerAnil UsyanLocationMAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, November 10, 2016Afghan security forces and NATO troops arrive at the site of explosion near the German consulate office in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Anil UsyanNov. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review124

An internally displaced (IDP) five-year-old girl, Maimuna, at a temporary shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan.HEDAYATULLAH AMID / EPA-13Nov. 13 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review125

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Monday, November 21, 2016An injured boy receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailNov. 21 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review126

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, November 24, 2016U.S. Army soldiers serve Thanksgiving meals to their comrades at a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailNov. 24 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review127

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Sunday, November 27, 2016Policemen search for water pipes inside a cafe during a raid confiscating shisha water pipes in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailNov. 27 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review128

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, December 07, 2016A young Afghan cyclist performs with a bicycle during an exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniDec. 7 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review129

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Tuesday, December 20, 2016An Afghan officer reacts in front of a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcoholic drinks, in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniDec. 20 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review130

PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Thursday, December 22, 2016An Afghan man removes burnt items from the house of an Afghan member of parliament which was attacked by Taliban last night in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniDec. 22 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review131

PhotographerReuters PhotographerLocationMasar-I-Scharif, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, December 22, 2016A German Armed forces, Bundeswehr soldier, looks out from a Christmas market booth selling punch at Camp Marmal in Masar-i-Scharif, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Gregor Fischer/PoolDec. 22 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review132

PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AFGHANISTANReuters / Wednesday, December 28, 2016Afghan security forces inspect the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailDec. 28 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review133

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A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen on March 5. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president.

Hani Mohammed / APMarch 05 , 2016January 17, 2017163Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerANES MAHYOUBLocationTAIZ, YemenReuters / Monday, March 14, 2016A man walks past a building destroyed during recent fighting in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Anees MahyoubMarch 14 , 2016January 17, 2017164Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, March 23, 2016People look through a hole caused by a Saudi-led air strike on a bridge in Yemen's capital Sanaa March 23, 2016.REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahMarch 23 , 2016January 17, 2017165Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Saturday, March 26, 2016Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb pillars of the Unknown Soldier Monument during a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa March 26, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahMarch 26 , 2016January 17, 2017166Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Houthi followers sit on the back of car with Yemen's national flag before they attend a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on March 26.

The Iran-allied Houthis are battling Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

Mohamed al-Sayaghi / ReutersMarch 26 , 2016January 17, 2017167Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

FILE -- In this March 26, 2015 file photo, people carry the body of a child they uncovered from under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport, Yemen. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemens conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)March 26 , 2016January 17, 2017168Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, Intissar Hezzam stands with her husband Faisal Ahmed, whose son, Udai, died of severe acute malnutrition, as she speaks to The Associated Press near her house in Hazyaz village, on the southern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. The day Udai was born, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition were striking an army base used by Houthi rebels in their district of Hazyaz. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemens conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)March 28 , 2016January 17, 2017169Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, Faisal Ahmed, whose son, Udai Faisal, died of severe acute malnutrition, pours water on his grave in Hazyaz village on the southern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemens conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)March 28 , 2016January 17, 2017170Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, Faisal Ahmed, whose infant son, Udai Faisal, died of severe acute malnutrition, sits with his nine remaining children at his house in Hazyaz village on the southern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemens conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)March 28 , 2016January 17, 2017171Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Unemployed Yemeni manual laborers eat as they wait for work offers on a sidewalk in the capital Sana'a on April 3.MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP - Getty Images-03April 03 , 2016January 17, 2017172Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

The Yemeni experts performed a controlled explosion to destroy bombs and landmines by the Houthi rebels installed in the southern city of Aden, Yemen.April 05 , 2016January 17, 2017173Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHAJJAH, YemenReuters / Tuesday, April 05, 2016A girl stands outside her family's hut at the Shawqaba camp for internally displaced people who were forced to leave their villages by the war in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah March 12, 2016. In northwest Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Middle East, about 400 families uprooted by the war have been stuck in the Shawqaba camp in Hajjah province for the past year. Residents live in poorly built huts that protect...moreApril 05 , 2016January 17, 2017174Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, April 06, 2016A man dresses his malnourished daughter at a malnutrition intensive care unit in Yemen's capital Sanaa April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahApril 06 , 2016January 17, 2017175Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, April 06, 2016A malnourished child lies on a bed at a malnutrition intensive care unit in Yemen's capital Sanaa April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahApril 06 , 2016January 17, 2017176Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerAli OwidhaLocationBaraqish, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, April 06, 2016An army soldier stands next to graves of Houthi fighters in the historical town of Baraqish in Yemen's al-Jawf province after it was taken over by pro-government forces from Houthi fighters April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Ali OwidhaApril 06 , 2016January 17, 2017177Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Monday, April 11, 2016People tour a graveyard for Houthi fighters killed in recent fighting, during the first day of a ceasefire in Yemen's capital Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahJanuary 17, 2017178April 11 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A coral boy slogan between Yemen flag in a demonstration protesting the raids by Saudi-Arabia in Sanaa, Yemen leader.April 15 , 2016January 17, 2017179Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSayoun, YemenReuters / Tuesday, February 05, 2013People gather near the wreckage of a car destroyed by a U.S. drone air strike that targeted suspected al Qaeda militants in August 2012, in the al-Qatn district of the southeastern Yemeni province of Hadhramout February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahJanuary 17, 2017180GALLERY PHOTOAfghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerStringer .LocationMukalla, YemenReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016People inspect damage at a site hit by Saudi-led air strikes in the al Qaeda-held port of Mukalla city in southern Yemen April 24, 2016. REUTERS/StringerApril 24 , 2016January 17, 2017181Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Thursday, May 19, 2016A boy attends a gathering held by tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahMay 19 2016January 17, 2017182Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016A boy holds his father's pistol as he attends with tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement a gathering to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen, May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahMay 26 , 2016January 17, 2017183Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A displaced man peeks through the doorway of his tent at a camp for internally displaced people in the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, May 27, 2016. Yemens conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemens war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)May 27 , 2016January 17, 2017184Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerANES MAHYOUBLocationTAIZ, YemenReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016A man with an amputated leg walks on a street in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, May 21, 2016. Taiz has witnessed some of the worst fighting since Yemen's civil war began in March last year. REUTERS/Anees MahyoubMay 28 , 2016January 17, 2017185Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Wednesday, June 15, 2016Young Houthi militants sit on the side of a road as they secure a street near the United Nations offices where children were demonstrating against the removal of the Saudi-led coalition from the United Nations annual child rights blacklist in Sanaa, Yemen, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahJune 15 , 2016January 17, 2017186Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Houthi fighters carry their weapons as they attend a tribal gathering in Sanaa, Yemen.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters-20January 17, 2017June 20 , 2016Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review187

A Yemeni girl sits among women during a rally protesting the Saudi-led and US-backed military coalition in Sanaa, Yemen. According to media reports, the rally was held to demand an end to the 15-month conflict in the Arab country.YAHYA ARHAB / EPA-26June 26 , 2016January 17, 2017188Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A Yemeni and children pose for a picture during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim celebration in Sana'a, Yemen, July 6.Yahya Arhab / EPAJuly 6 , 2016January 17, 2017189Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Monday, August 01, 2016Armed men ride on the back of a truck to attend a rally held by supporters of Houthi rebels and Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to celebrate an agreement reached by Saleh and the Houthis to form a political council to unilaterally rule the country, in Sanaa, Yemen August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 1 , 2016January 17, 2017190Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

Children ride in the trunk of a car on a flooded street in Sanaa, Yemen.

KHALED ABDULLAH / Reuters-01Aug. 1 , 2016January 17, 2017191Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Tuesday, August 09, 2016An employee walks inside a a snack food factory after a Saudi-led air strike hit it in Sanaa, Yemen, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 9 ,2016January 17, 2017192Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, August 10, 2016A woman shows the body of her son, who suffers a skin disease, at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 10 ,2016January 17, 2017193Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A man sits in a tent in a refugee camp for evacuees in the water near Sana'a, Yemen ...-10Aug. 10 ,2016January 17, 2017194Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, August 14, 2016An armed boy walks as he attends a gathering held by tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement to show support to a political council formed by the movement and the General People's Congress party to unilaterally rule Yemen by both groups in Sanaa, August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 14 ,2016January 17, 2017195Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Monday, August 15, 2016A woman holds her malnourished son next to their tent at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 15 ,2016January 17, 2017196Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationAbs, YemenReuters / Tuesday, August 16, 2016Damage is seen inside a hospital operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres after it was hit by a Saudi-led coalition air strike in the Abs district of Hajja province, Yemen August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadAug. 16 ,2016January 17, 2017197Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationAbs, YemenReuters / Tuesday, August 16, 2016People look at a crater caused by a Saudi-led coalition air strike at the yard of a hospital operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Abs district of Hajja province, Yemen August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadAug. 16 ,2016January 17, 2017198Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

.A Yemeni child lies on a bed at a hospital after she was injured in an alleged Saudi-led airstrike that targeted a market in Sana'a, Yemen. According to reports, a Saudi-led airstrike targeted a market in Sana'a, killing at least 10 people, including three children and wounding dozens of others.

YAHYA ARHAB / EPAAug. 29 , 2016January 17, 2017199Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, August 30, 2016Smoke rises from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017200Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerNaif RahmaLocationSAADA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, August 31, 2016People search for victims under the rubble of houses destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif RahmaAug. 31 , 2016January 17, 2017201Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, August 31, 2016Smoke and debris rise from the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahAug. 31 , 2016January 17, 2017202Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerNaif RahmaLocationSAADA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, August 31, 2016A man looks after he was rescued from under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif RahmaAug. 31 , 2016January 17, 2017203Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerNaif RahmaLocationSAADA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, August 31, 2016People recover the body of a boy from under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif RahmaAug. 31 , 2016January 17, 2017204Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHOUDIEDA, YemenReuters / Monday, September 05, 2016People stand at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadSep. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017205Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016A girl holds a rifle in front of women loyal to the Houthi movement taking part in a parade to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017206Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016Armed women loyal to the Houthi movement ride on the back of trucks as they take part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017207Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016Armed women loyal to the Houthi movement ride on the back of a truck as they take part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017208Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016A woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a machine gun mounted on a patrol truck as she takes part in a parade to show support to the movement in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017209Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, September 06, 2016A woman loyal to the Houthi movement hold an RPG weapon as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017210Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Wednesday, September 07, 2016A girl attends a parade held by women loyal to the Houthi movement to show support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahSep. 7 , 2016January 17, 2017211Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A malnourished boy lies on a bed at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen.ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD / ReutersSep. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017212Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationJAFARIYA, YemenReuters / Monday, September 12, 2016Boys swim in a pond in the mountains, in the Jafariya district of the western province of Raymah, Yemen June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadSep. 12 , 2016January 17, 2017213Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

An elderly man stands among the rubble of the Alsonidar Group's water pump and pipe factory after it was hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies since March 2015.Hani Mohammed / AP22Sep. 22 , 2016January 17, 2017214Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review

A woman holds her malnourished boy after he was weighed at a hospital malnutrition intensive care unit in Sanaa, Yemen. The photo was taken on Sept. 27, but wasn't received by NBC News until Oct. 7.KHALED ABDULLAH / ReutersJanuary 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review215Sep. 27 , 2016

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Pictures Of The Week Photo GalleryTribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels hold their weapons as they chant slogans during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters into battlefronts in several Yemeni cities, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Yemen, the Arab world's poorest nation, has been embroiled in fighting that pits the Iran-backed Houthis and forces loyal to a former president against the Saudi-backed and internationally recognized government. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against the rebels and their allies since March 2015, fearful of Iranian influence spreading across the Arabian Peninsula. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Oct. 2 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review216

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, October 05, 2016Boys stand by a hole caused by a Saudi-led air strike on the roof of their school last year, as schools open this week in Sanaa, the capital of war-torn Yemen October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 5 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review217

Yemeni rescue workers carry a victim on a stretcher amid the rubble of a destroyed building following reported airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition air-planes on the capital Sanaa.MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP - Getty Images-09Oct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review218

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Forensic experts investigate the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review219SANAA, YEMEN

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Smoke rises from the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File PhotoOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review220

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Smoke rises at a community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review221

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016A forensic expert invistigates the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review222

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Forensic experts invistigate the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review223

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Firefighters try to extinuish fire at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review224

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Forensic experts invistigate the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review225

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Sunday, October 09, 2016Forensic experts investigate the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 9 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review226

Yemenis and Russian diplomats inspect the destroyed funeral hall, two days after an alleged Saudi-led airstrike targeted it in Sana'a, Yemen. According to reports, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a prompt and impartial probe into the attack that killed over 140 Yemenis and wounded more than 525 others.

YAHYA ARHAB / EPA-10Oct. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review227

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Monday, October 10, 2016Mourners take part in the funeral of Abdul Qader Helal, the mayor of Sanaa, the capital Yemen who was killed by an apparent Saudi-led air strike that ripped through a wake attended by some of the country's top political and security officials in Sanaa, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 10 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review228

PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Thursday, October 13, 2016A man injured by Saturday's apparent Saudi-led air strike on a community hall sits on a hospital bed in the capital Sanaa, Yemen, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-SayaghiOct. 13 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review229

January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review230PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHOUDIEDA, YemenReuters / Monday, October 24, 2016Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, who is affected by severe acute malnutrition, sits on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 24 , 2016

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Wednesday, October 26, 2016A girl carries a rifle as she attends a rally by followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement commemorating the death of Imam Zaid bin Ali in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 26 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review231

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016People gather at a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review232

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016People recover the body of a man at a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review233

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016People gather at a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review234

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016A man stands on the rubble of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review235

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016People carry the body of a man at the yard of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review236

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016A view of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review237

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016Bodies of dead people are seen at the yard of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review238

PhotographerABDULJABBAR ZEYADLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Sunday, October 30, 2016People stand on the rubble of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Abduljabbar ZeyadOct. 30 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review239

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahReuters / Monday, October 31, 2016A nurse weighs a malnourished boy at a malnutrition treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahOct. 31 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review240

PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Wednesday, November 16, 2016A boy drinks expired juice on a pile of rubbish at landfill site on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Nov. 16 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review241

PhotographerANES MAHYOUBLocationTAIZ, YemenReuters / Saturday, November 19, 2016A man stands on the rubble of a house destroyed during recent battles between Houthi fighters and pro-government fighters, on the first day of a 48-hour ceasefire in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen. REUTERS/Anees MahyoubNov. 19 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review242

PhotographerAli OwidhaLocationMARIB, YemenReuters / Sunday, November 20, 2016Youths, who according to pro-government forces were detained for fighting alongside Houthi fighters against them, are pictured after they were released, in Marib, Yemen. REUTERS/Ali OwidhaNov. 20 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review243

Mideast YemenA girl sits behind a window of her house as she looks at a protest to call for preserving the old city of Sanaa and all historical and heritage cities in Yemen, in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Arabic writing on a banner, right, reads,"Yes to unite to preserve the heritage of Yemen." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Nov. 23 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review244

PhotographerNaif RahmaLocationSAADA, YemenReuters / Saturday, November 26, 2016People ride a motorbike past a collapsed building after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif RahmaNov. 26 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review245

PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Thursday, December 01, 2016Houthi rebels parade during a rally held to mobilize fighters for battles against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Mohamed al-SayaghiDec. 1 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review246

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, December 06, 2016A tribesman holds a rifle as he leans out from the window of a car during a tribal gathering held to show support to the new government formed by Yemen's armed Houthi movement and its political allies, in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahDec. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review247

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationHODEIDAH, YemenReuters / Tuesday, December 06, 2016Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, who has been affected by severe malnutrition, rests on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahDec. 6 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review248

PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSANAA, YEMENReuters / Tuesday, December 13, 2016A man is reflected on waste liquid as he stands outside a waste recycling factory which has been recently hit by Saudi-led air strikes on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Mohamed al-SayaghiDec. 13 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review249

PhotographerKhaled AbdullahLocationSANAA, YemenReuters / Wednesday, December 14, 2016A destroyed building is pictured at the site of a Saudi-led air strike near the al-Saleh mosque in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahDec. 14 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review250

A Yemeni tribesman from the Popular Resistance Committee, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fires a weapon as a fellow tribesman rescues the body of a dead comrade in the country's third-city of Taez during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels, on December 19, 2016.AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP - Getty Images-19Dec. 19 , 2016January 17, 2017Afghanistan - Yemen - 2016 in Review251THE ENDAFGHANISTAN - YEMEN 2016 in review https://ppsnet.wordpress.com

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