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In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated photo Hemad Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hemad Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. “We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told The AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.” (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) Taliban special force fighters stand guard outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2021, file satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Satellite Image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP, File) FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2021,file photo provided by the U.S. Marines, U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance at an evacuation control checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File) FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP, File) FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2021, image made through a night vision scope and provided by the U.S. Army, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan as the final American service member to depart Afghanistan. (Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett/U.S. Army via AP, File) FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines and Norweigian coalition forces assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File) In this undated photo Hamed Sherzad poses to camera with two M-4 weapons on his two sides at one the former Afghan officials house, pictures of Afghan hero "Ahmad Shah Massoud" and Afghan warlord "Abdul Rashid Dostum" can be seen on his right. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. "We cried for almost an hour out of happiness," Sherzad told The AP. "We yelled a lot -- even our throat was in pain." (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) In this undated image Hamed Sherzad holding his M-4 rifle, poses for a photo outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport. "We cried for almost an hour out of happiness," Sherzad told The AP. "We yelled a lot -- even our throat was in pain." (Courtesy of Hamed Sherzad via AP) FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP, FIle)