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(240708) -- BEIJING, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, July 7, 2024. The left-wing parties' alliance, the New Popular Front (NFP), wins the 2nd round of France's legislative elections, and is expected to hold between 175 and 205 seats in the National Assembly, according to projections published by research firm Elabe. Macron's coalition comes in second with the possibility of getting 150 to 175 seats, while the far-right wing party and its allies would only obtain 115 to 150 seats, Elabe said in its projections. No party would get the absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-member French National Assembly. (Photo by Frank Bonham/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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30 Pakistani detainees return home from Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Thirty Pakistanis detained in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime last December walk to a special Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft at Bagram airport, north of Kabul, on April 25 after being handed over to Pakistani authority. The Pakistanis, who had entered Afghanistan illegally to help the Taliban fight against the Northern Alliance, arrived in Peshawar later in the day.

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Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

BONN, Germany - File photos show (from L to R) Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Interior Minister Yunos Qanoni, Defense Minister Gen. Muhammed Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, who will remain in their posts in a new interim Afghan government to be formed under a landmark deal signed in Bonn on Dec. 5, 2001. The government will be led by Pashtun tribal leader Hamid Karzai.

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Northern Alliance may consider multilateral force in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan's Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah answers questions in Kabul on Nov. 20 during an interview with Kyodo News. Abdullah said the deployment of a U.N.-backed international force in the capital can be considered. The statement indicated that the alliance may be softening its stance of rejecting a foreign military presence in the city.

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Northern Alliance may consider multilateral force in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan's Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah answers questions in Kabul on Nov. 20 during an interview with Kyodo News. Abdullah said the deployment of a U.N.-backed international force in the capital can be considered. The statement indicated that the alliance may be softening its stance of rejecting a foreign military presence in the city.

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Northern Alliance soldiers maintain security around Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance soldiers undertake security maintenance around Kabul on Nov. 16.

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(3)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Bazookas and trench mortars, believed to have been abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, are seen in a house in Kabul on Nov. 15. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses since the capital fell to alliance forces.

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(1)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance soldiers stand Nov. 15 in Kabul outside a house believed to have been used by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network to store light weapons. Northern Alliance forces found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses reportedly abandoned by al-Qaida after the city fell.

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(4)Pictures in Afghanistan

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - A Northern Alliance soldier holds a picture depicting Ahmed Shah Massoud, an assassinated alliance leader, on an armored vehicle in Jabal-us-Saraj, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 16.

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(2)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - A Northern Alliance soldier sits on a pile of automatic small arms believed abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in a house in Kabul. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses.

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More Afghan women roll up their burka

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan woman shyly rolls up her burka to pose for pictures in Kabul on Nov. 15, 2001, two days after the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the Afghan capital. Taliban strictly banned women from exposing their face in the public.

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Afghan nationals cautious on N. Alliance taking over Kabul

TOKYO, Japan - A representative of a Pakistan-based Afghan women's rights advocacy group and an Afghan refugee who survived a massacre by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2001. The 49-old man, who used the name Saeed Abrahim, for security reasons, expressed caution Wednesday at the prospect of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance coming to power.

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(4)Northern Alliance invites Afghan factions to Kabul for talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two citizens pass by a Northern Alliance tank on a Kabul street Nov. 14, 2001. ''Everything is as usual,'' said one of the men.

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(2)Northern Alliance invites Afghan factions to Kabul for talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Workers put up a new name sign at a radio station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 14, 2001, the day after the capital was recaptured by the country's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. Radio Afghanistan is what the station used to be known as before the Taliban rule.

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(3)Northern Alliance invites Afghan factions to Kabul for talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan boys look happy to be on board an armed vehicle of the Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance in Kabul on Nov. 14, 2001.

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Northern Alliance soldiers pose with wreaths given by residents

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance soldiers put floral wreaths given to them by residents of Kabul on their armored vehicle in the capital city Nov. 13.

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Taliban soldier held by Northern Alliance

KABUL, Afghanistan - A Taliban soldier (front) is held Nov. 13 by Afghan opposition Northern Alliance forces in Kabul.

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Northern Alliance soldiers walk in Kabul market

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance soldiers stroll through a market Nov. 13 in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

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(1)Northern Alliance invites Afghan factions to Kabul for talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah speaks at a news conference in a Kabul hotel Nov. 13, 2001 after the anti-Taliban militia's capture of the Afghan capital. He said Northern Alliance has proposed a conference of Afghan factions, excluding the Taliban, in Kabul to discuss formation of a new interim government.

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Kabul residents walk by Northern Alliance trucks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Residents in Kabul walk by trucks full of Northern Alliance soldiers Nov. 13.

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(4)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Citizens of Kabul wave at Northern Alliance soldiers as they enter the Afghan capital Nov. 13, 2001.

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(3)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance soldiers triumphantly enter the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001.

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(5)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Kabul citizens greet anti-Taliban Northern Alliance soldiers as they march into the Afghan capital Nov. 13, 2001. The Taliban fled the city before their arrival.

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(2)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance tank with a full load of soldiers heads toward the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001. The photo was taken at 8:30 a.m. at a point about 5 kilometers north of Kabul.

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(1)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance fighters block a key road to the Afghan capital Kabul with tanks and other vehicles Nov. 13, 2001. Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance soldiers entered Kabul for the first time in five years on the heels of a string of stunning victories over the past four days supported by U.S. air strikes.

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N. Alliance preparing to advance on Kabul

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Trucks and tanks of Afghanistan's opposition Northern Alliance carry soldiers about 30 kilometers from the capital of Kabul on Nov. 12. The Northern Alliance says it is preparing to advance on the capital soon.

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Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance's tanks are ready in Charikar, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 9 to head for the battlefront in a bid to capture Mazar-e-Sharif, a stronghold of the Afghan ruling Taliban. A senior Northern Alliance official claimed the alliance's troops entered Mazar-e-Sharif and met little resistance.

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Anti-Taliban opposition to hold mid-Nov. talks in north

SHERKAT, Afghanistan - Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a key figure of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sherkat, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 6, 2001. He said that Afghan groups opposed to Taliban rule plan to hold working talks as early as mid-November in Sherkat to discuss a post-Taliban interim government framework and other related matters.

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(1)Northern Alliance stages military drill

JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan - Afghan's opposition Northern Alliance stages a military exercise in Jabal-us-Saraj in northern Afghanistan on Nov. 5 to show their readiness to advance on Kabul. Some 7,000 soldiers in new uniforms took part in the drill.

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(2)Northern Alliance stages military drill

JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance President Burhanuddin Rabani (R) and Gen. Mohammad Fahim inspect their soldiers during a military drill at Jabal-us-Saraj, northern Afghanistan on Nov. 5. Some 7,000 soldiers took part in the drill, meant to demonstrate the opposition force's readiness to advance on Kabul.

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Northern Alliance to launch full ground assault before Ramadan

DALAN SANG, Afghanistan - The ousted Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 4. He said the Northern Alliance will launch a full ground assault against Taliban troops before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts in mid-November, adding that the time is right for the operation.

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Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Yunos Taheri (photo), a man belonging to an Afghan ethnic minority group, has been granted special resident status in Japan for one year, Osaka immigration authorities said Nov. 2. Taheri, a member of the Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement) with the opposition Northern Alliance, was arrested by the Taliban in 1996 in Kabul and subsequently detained for four months. He later escaped and came to Japan in 1999 after traveling to Iran and South Korea.

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Northern Alliance soldiers supplied with military uniforms

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance front-line soldiers are dressed in new camouflage clothing in Charikar, some 30 kilometers north of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Oct 30. The Northern Alliance has supplied new uniforms to its soldiers to raise their fighting spirit against the Taliban.

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Afghan envoy says new gov't should be set up under U.N. control

NEW YORK, United States - Afghan ambassador to the United Nations Ravan Farhadi speaks at a news conference in New York on Oct 11. The envoy of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance said that a new Afghan government should be established under the supervision of the U.N. following the fall of the ruling Taliban.

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N. Alliance's Abdullah says U.S. air strikes very soon

JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah (L), foreign minister of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, speaks to journalists Oct. 7 in Jabal-us-Saraj, northern Afghanistan. Abdullah said U.S. air strikes against the Taliban may take place in a few days time.

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Supporters surround Anti-Taliban resistance leader's grave

PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan - Supporters surround the grave of Ahmad Shah Masood, the leader of the Afghan anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, in the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan. The picture was taken Sept. 29. Masood was killed last month in a bomb explosion.

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IRAQ-HATRA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE-RESTORATION

(220225) -- MOSUL, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2022 shows the archaeological site of Hatra, an ancient city about 90 km southwest of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, in Iraq. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has announced it was restoring monumental sculptures vandalized by militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the historic city of Hatra in northern Iraq. At a ceremony held on Thursday at the archaeological site of Hatra, the State Board of Antiquities revealed some monumental sculptures that have been restored during the past three months by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Italy's International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), under the sponsorship of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH). (Photo by Yasser Al Hamdani/Xinhua)

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IRAQ-HATRA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE-RESTORATION

(220225) -- MOSUL, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2022 shows the archaeological site of Hatra, an ancient city about 90 km southwest of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, in Iraq. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has announced it was restoring monumental sculptures vandalized by militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the historic city of Hatra in northern Iraq. At a ceremony held on Thursday at the archaeological site of Hatra, the State Board of Antiquities revealed some monumental sculptures that have been restored during the past three months by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Italy's International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), under the sponsorship of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH). (Photo by Yasser Al Hamdani/Xinhua)

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IRAQ-HATRA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE-RESTORATION

(220225) -- MOSUL, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2022 shows the archaeological site of Hatra, an ancient city about 90 km southwest of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, in Iraq. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has announced it was restoring monumental sculptures vandalized by militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the historic city of Hatra in northern Iraq. At a ceremony held on Thursday at the archaeological site of Hatra, the State Board of Antiquities revealed some monumental sculptures that have been restored during the past three months by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Italy's International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), under the sponsorship of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH). (Photo by Yasser Al Hamdani/Xinhua)

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IRAQ-HATRA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE-RESTORATION

(220225) -- MOSUL, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors attend a ceremony held at the archaeological site of Hatra, an ancient city about 90 km southwest of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, in Iraq, Feb. 24, 2022. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has announced it was restoring monumental sculptures vandalized by militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the historic city of Hatra in northern Iraq. At a ceremony held on Thursday at the archaeological site of Hatra, the State Board of Antiquities revealed some monumental sculptures that have been restored during the past three months by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Italy's International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), under the sponsorship of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH). (Photo by Yasser Al Hamdani/Xinhua)

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Northern Alliance to launch full ground assault before Ramadan

DALAN SANG, Afghanistan - The ousted Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 4. He said the Northern Alliance will launch a full ground assault against Taliban troops before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts in mid-November, adding that the time is right for the operation.

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Anti-Taliban opposition to hold mid-Nov. talks in north

SHERKAT, Afghanistan - Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a key figure of Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sherkat, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 6, 2001. He said that Afghan groups opposed to Taliban rule plan to hold working talks as early as mid-November in Sherkat to discuss a post-Taliban interim government framework and other related matters.

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Afghan rebels capture Mazar-e-Sharif: official

JABAL US SARAJ, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance's tanks are ready in Charikar, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 9 to head for the battlefront in a bid to capture Mazar-e-Sharif, a stronghold of the Afghan ruling Taliban. A senior Northern Alliance official claimed the alliance's troops entered Mazar-e-Sharif and met little resistance.

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(3)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance soldiers triumphantly enter the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001.

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Taliban soldier held by Northern Alliance

KABUL, Afghanistan - A Taliban soldier (front) is held Nov. 13 by Afghan opposition Northern Alliance forces in Kabul.

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Kabul residents walk by Northern Alliance trucks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Residents in Kabul walk by trucks full of Northern Alliance soldiers Nov. 13.

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(4)Northern Alliance invites Afghan factions to Kabul for talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two citizens pass by a Northern Alliance tank on a Kabul street Nov. 14, 2001. ''Everything is as usual,'' said one of the men.

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More Afghan women roll up their burka

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan woman shyly rolls up her burka to pose for pictures in Kabul on Nov. 15, 2001, two days after the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the Afghan capital. Taliban strictly banned women from exposing their face in the public.

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(PHOTO REPLACED) Northern Alliance may consider multilateral for

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan's Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah answers questions in Kabul on Nov. 20 during an interview with Kyodo News. Abdullah said the deployment of a U.N.-backed international force in the capital can be considered. The statement indicated that the alliance may be softening its stance of rejecting a foreign military presence in the city.

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Afghan factions sign landmark deal on new gov't

BONN, Germany - File photos show (from L to R) Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Interior Minister Yunos Qanoni, Defense Minister Gen. Muhammed Fahim and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, who will remain in their posts in a new interim Afghan government to be formed under a landmark deal signed in Bonn on Dec. 5, 2001. The government will be led by Pashtun tribal leader Hamid Karzai.