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    The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic...
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    on terror, toppling the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate, and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later. The Taliban and its allies were expelled...
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    Pakistani Taliban (Urdu: پاکستانی طالبان), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (تحریکِ طالبان پاکستان, lit. 'Pakistani Taliban Movement'...
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    invasion of Afghanistan. The Taliban returned to power in 2021 after capturing Kabul, ending the 2001–2021 war. The Taliban government remains internationally...
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    during the Taliban insurgency on 25 May 2016, upon being chosen by the Leadership Council, and came to power on 15 August 2021 with the Taliban's victory...
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    known as the United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord, was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on 29 February 2020 in Doha...
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    The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul-based Islamic...
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    totalitarian Islamic state led by the Taliban that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. At its peak, the Taliban government controlled approximately...
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    The Islamic State–Taliban conflict is an ongoing insurgency by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP) against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The...
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  • side, and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the state controlled by the Taliban) on the other side. On 17 August 2021, former first vice president of Afghanistan...
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    The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic...
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    The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government...
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    Abdul Ghani Baradar (category Taliban leaders)
    of the internationally unrecognized post-2021 Taliban regime in Afghanistan. A co-founder of the Taliban along with Mullah Omar, he was Omar's top deputy...
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    The Punjabi Taliban (Punjabi: پنجابی طالبان), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Punjab (تحریکِ طالبان پنجاب), was an illegal Islamist group in Pakistan...
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  • up Taliban or Taliban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Taliban is an Afghan Islamist militant organisation. Taliban may also refer to: Taliban (gang)...
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  • Hibatullah Akhundzada (category Taliban leaders)
    leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S...
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    The Taliban has ruled Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since taking control by force in 2021, overthrowing the internationally recognized...
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    The treatment of women by the Taliban refers to actions and policies by two distinct Taliban regimes in Afghanistan which are either specific or highly...
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  • Mullah Omar (category Taliban founders)
    revolutionary, and the cleric who founded the Taliban. During the Third Afghan Civil War, the Taliban fought the Northern Alliance and took control of...
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    terror and subsequently led a multinational military operation against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The stated goal was to dismantle al-Qaeda, which had...
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  • The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a memoir by U.S. journalist Kim Barker about her experiences reporting in Pakistan and...
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    Afghanistan's (Taliban) takeover of Kabul, The United Front was reassembled. The Northern Alliance fought a defensive war against the Taliban regime. They...
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  • he led the government's military wing against rival militias; after the Taliban takeover, he was the leading opposition commander against their regime...
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  • This is a list of Taliban leaders during the insurgency from 2001 to 2021. Quetta Shura "Taliban conflict: Afghanistan probes Mullah Omar 'death' claim"...
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  • Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil (category Taliban spokespersons)
    Taliban organization. He was the Taliban foreign minister from 27 October 1999 in their first Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan rule, until the Taliban were...
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  • The Taliban is a Jihadi Islamist organisation, which has ruled Afghanistan under a theocratic emirate several times in the last 30 years. In August 2021...
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    Senior leaders of the Afghan Taliban have been stationed in Doha, Qatar, since the early 2010s. The original purpose for being there was to open an office...
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    War, also known as the Third Afghan Civil War, took place between the Taliban's conquest of Kabul and their establishing of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...
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  • other anti-Taliban fighters loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The founder and president of NRF is Ahmad Massoud. When the Taliban captured Afghanistan...
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    بیرغ; Dari: پرچم افغانستان), adopted on 15 August 2021 following the Taliban's victory in the 2001–2021 war, features a white field with a black Shahada...
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