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Taliban
Taliban (Pashto, ‘seekers’) An Islamic fundamentalist political and military grouping that controlled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until late 2001. The Taliban militia was formed by Islamic theological students in the south of the country in 1994 with the intention of unifying Afghanistan. Rival Mujaheddin factions had been fighting since the withdrawal of Soviet forces in 1989. After initial reverses, the Taliban captured the city of Herat in September 1995 and advanced to take Kabul in August 1996. A strict Islamic code of law was immediately imposed, which debarred women from paid work and education and proscribed television. In the late 1990s the Taliban consolidated their hold on power and took further territory from their main opponents, an alliance of forces concentrated in the north-east of Afghanistan. However, the regime remained internationally isolated and unrecognized, largely because of its support for international terrorism. Following the events of
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, the Taliban's links with
AL-QAIDA provoked the USA to launch airstrikes on its command centres in Kabul and other cities (
WAR ON TERRORISM). The regime collapsed within weeks.
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Taliban soldiers cross enemy lines to join northern alliance.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...bruising air attack, a 30-something Taliban commander made a snap decision. "I...and his men. They fight now against the Taliban. Forget ideology; many pragmatic Afghan...standoffs in such cities as Kunduz, where the Taliban are hunkering down for either a nasty...
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Taliban taboos cast aside as music of love fills the air.(A)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Afghans love this kind of music. If the Taliban ever caught you listening to it, they would...joys that had been banned by the former Taliban rulers with their fanatical brand of Islam. The Taliban forbade anything that hinted of fun, from...
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Taliban leader urges retreating forces to regroup as opposition takes Jalalabad.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Afghanistan _ The rout of Afghanistan's Taliban extended into their ethnic Pashtun homeland...with the capture of Jalalabad even as the Taliban's supreme leader urged his retreating...near Kandahar, spiritual capital of the Taliban, heartland of the Pashtuns and a city...
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Taliban finally confirms key leader captured in Pak: report.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/4/2007; 700+ words
; Taliban finally confirms key leader captured in...After initial denials, an "important" Taliban commander and a few other "officials...also whenever someone important among the Taliban was captured," the Taliban military commander...
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Taliban holdouts keep US on edge: A major Taliban stronghold surrenders, but prisoners revolt and many are killed.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 11/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...revolt marked the fate of thousands of Taliban fighters besieged in the northern Afghan...stood as the biggest concentration of Taliban holdouts in the north - estimated at 3...that the US coalition could root out the Taliban and Al Qaeda with few big ground battles...
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TALIBAN, AL-QAIDA UNDER THE GUN.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 11/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...Northern alliance troops closed in Friday on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters trapped in Kunduz...the fighters in the besieged city - the Taliban's last major garrison in the north...lieutenants to Osama bin Laden and to the Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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TALIBAN FOES AWAIT CHANCE TO ATTACK.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...Afghanistan -- Rebel Afghan artillery pounded Taliban positions against a broad front Friday...rebel ground attack. ``If they hit the Taliban we can break their lines,'' said Mamor...Afghanistan. Rebel commanders here say Taliban troops have left the cities where U...
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Taliban learns tactics, propaganda from al Qaeda.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON TIMES KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban has merged its propaganda and field operations...officials say the association has enabled the Taliban to develop from a xenophobic, home...as well as new fighting tactics. "The Taliban have changed immensely in the last year...
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Taliban to surrender stronghold.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; KABUL, Afghanistan _ Taliban troops will surrender their besieged...stronghold of Kandahar on Friday, a senior Taliban official and the head of Afghanistan...government said Thursday. The fate of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, however...
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Taliban extend deadline with no signs of breakthrough on hostage release.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 7/31/2007; 700+ words
; SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- The Taliban on Monday again extended their deadline...demand of the kidnappers, the release of Taliban prisoners. Marajudin Pathan, the governor...time for additional negotiations over the Taliban prisoners' release," the Associated...
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Taliban
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Taliban The Taliban is a radically militant Islamic movement that controlled some 90 percent of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001. The Taliban emerged from their base in Kandahar in southwestern Afghanistan in reaction...
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Enduring Freedom, Operation
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...the al-Qaeda terror network. When the Taliban, Islamist extremists who controlled Afghanistan...undertaking to root out al-Qaeda and Taliban personnel in northern Afghanistan. With...President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban turn bin Laden over to the United States...
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Afghanistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...anarchy. In 1993 a new group emerged, the Taliban . Supported by Pakistan, they aimed to...slighted by the international community, the Taliban regime supported itself through the drugs...opium was harvested in Afghanistan. The Taliban developed close connections to Osama Bin...
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Afghanistan: U.S. Intervention in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...in Afghanistan and was supported by the Taliban government in Kabul. On 14 September...unsuccessful political attempts to force the Taliban government to expel Osama bin Ladin and...campaign on 7 October 2001, directed at Taliban military and political installations...
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War on Terrorism
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...of the repressive Muslim regime known as the Taliban in Afghanistan. Although the Clinton administration adopted a hostile attitude toward the Taliban, it did not make Afghanistan or the Taliban government a target of its efforts to combat...
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