def METHOD_NAME(ql: Qiling,
                       input_file: str,
                       place_input_callback: Callable[["Qiling", bytes, int], bool],
                       fuzzing_callback: Callable[["Qiling"], int],
                       exits: List[int] = [],
                       validate_crash_callback: Callable[["Qiling", bytes, int], bool] = None,
                       always_validate: bool = False,
                       persistent_iters: int = 1):
        ql.uc.ctl_exits_enabled(True)
        ql.uc.ctl_set_exits(exits)
        def _ql_afl_place_input_wrapper(uc, input_bytes, iters, data):
            (ql, cb, _, _) = data
            if cb:
                return cb(ql, input_bytes, iters)
            else:
                return False
        def _ql_afl_validate_wrapper(uc, result, input_bytes, iters, data):
            (ql, _, cb, _) = data
            if cb:
                return cb(ql, result, input_bytes, iters)
            else:
                return False
        def _ql_afl_fuzzing_callback_wrapper(uc, data):
            (ql, _, _, cb) = data
            return cb(ql)
        data = (ql, place_input_callback, validate_crash_callback, fuzzing_callback)
        try:
            # uc_afl_fuzz will never return non-zero value.
            uc_afl_fuzz_custom(ql.uc, 
                               input_file=input_file, 
                               place_input_callback=_ql_afl_place_input_wrapper,
                               fuzzing_callback=_ql_afl_fuzzing_callback_wrapper,
                               validate_crash_callback=_ql_afl_validate_wrapper, 
                               always_validate=always_validate, 
                               persistent_iters=persistent_iters,
                               data=data)
        except NameError as ex:
            raise QlErrorNotImplemented("unicornafl is not installed or AFL++ is not supported on this platform") from ex
        except UcAflError as ex:
            if ex.errno != UC_AFL_RET_CALLED_TWICE:
                # This one is special. Many fuzzing scripts start fuzzing in a Unicorn UC_HOOK_CODE callback and 
                # starts execution on the current address, which results in a duplicate UC_HOOK_CODE callback. To 
                # make unicornafl easy to use, we handle this siliently.
                #
                # For other exceptions, we raise them.
                rais