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Bookmark or Share- Taliban - WikipediaEtymology. The word Taliban is Pashto, طالبان ṭālibān, meaning "students", the plural of ṭālib.This is a loanword from Arabic طالب ṭālib, using the Persian plural ending -ān ان.In Arabic طالبان ṭālibān means not "students" but "two students", as it is a dual form, the Arabic plural being طلاب ṭullāb—occasionally causing some confusion to Arabic speakers.
- Taliban - WikipediaTaliban (Pasjtoe: د افغانستان د طالبان اسلامی تحریکِ , Da Afghānistān da Talibān Islāmi Tahrik) is de aanduiding van een islamitische beweging in Afghanistan en Pakistan.Daar voeren zij een guerrilla.In beide landen beheersen de taliban grote bevolkingsgebieden. In Afghanistan hadden de taliban een tijdlang in Kabul de macht en het grootste deel van het land in ...
- Buddhas of Bamiyan - WikipediaThe Buddhas of Bamiyan (Persian: بتهای باميان – bott-hâye Bāmiyān) were 6th-century monumental statues of Gautam Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Kabul at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). Built in 507 CE (smaller) and 554 CE (larger), the statues ...
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- The Valley's Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the ..."Dan Green spent a fascinating year in the heart of Taliban country as the insurgency began to gather steam there. His valuable book is a rich and detailed assessment of what worked (and what didn’t) to pacify Uruzgan, one of the most dangerous and remote provinces in Afghanistan."—Peter L. Bergen, author of The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and al-Qaeda
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