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In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 photo, children play volleyball, in the village of Ishkashim, in Badakhshan province, far northeastern Afghanistan. The region is one of the countryâÄ™s poorest and most isolated, sandwiched between Tajikistan & the Taliban-led insurgency just 50 km to the south. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)