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Bookmark or Share- The Taliban - infoplease.comFor more on the Taliban see Timeline: The Taliban.. The Taliban ("Students of Islamic Knowledge Movement") ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. They came to power during Afghanistan's long civil war.
- Taliban treatment of women - WikipediaWhile in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban became notorious internationally for their sexism, misogyny, and violence against women.Their stated motive was to create a "secure environment where the chastity and dignity of women may once again be sacrosanct", reportedly based on Pashtunwali beliefs about living in purdah. Afghan women were forced to wear the burqa at all times in public, because ...
- Life under Taliban in Afghanistan - BBC NewsThe BBC has been given rare access to see life under the Afghan Taliban in Helmand province. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures ht...
- 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.
- History of the Taliban: Who They Are, What They WantThe Taliban—from the Arabic word for "student," Talib—are fundamentalist Sunni Muslims, mostly from Afghanistan’s Pashtun tribes. The Taliban dominates large swaths of Afghanistan and a large part of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, semi-autonomous tribal lands along the Afghan-Pakistan border that serve as training grounds for terrorists.
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