(FILES) US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani during a joint press conference with Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (unseen) at the United Nations Compound in Kabul on August 8, 2014. Most civilian victims of Afghanistan's 2001-2021 war have been left "without justice, reparation or even acknowledgement" of their suffering, the UN said on September 1, 2026. "The world has forgotten us," one of them told AFP in Kabul. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP via Getty Images)