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    History of the Taliban

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    Mullah Muhammad Omar, the leader of the Afghanistan Taliban Regime and one of the most wanted men by the United States (U.S.) government. How does a man born to one of the poorest province become one of the most wanted men alive? The U. S. State Department is offering a reward up to ten million dollars for the capture of Mullah Omar. Omar is considered to be a man of mystery, who is highly respected, feared, and stubborn among his people. Omar is said to have ties with al-Qaeda, a known terrorist

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    Taliban Downfall

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    recent regime was the Taliban. According to The 9/11 Encyclopedia, Taliban means “students” in Arabic and it was founded in 1994 by Mohammed Mullah Omar. Omar had his own way of interpreting the Quran and that led to many religious restrictions on the Afghan people. The Taliban took over power in 1996 and ended in 2001 after the United States invaded Afghanistan (Atkins). The Taliban was harboring Osama bin Laden who organized an attack on the United States. If the Taliban, along with al-Qaeda,

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    Taliban Ideology

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    Taliban as an ideology is worst. This is simply a different story than the people in the West are apprehending it. These are Taliban who come from Pashtun ethnicity. They've been fighting for recognition as an ethnic Pashtun-majority in Afghanistan - where the minority (Tajik and Uzbek) has been ruling since the US-led invasion of the region. Tajik and Uzbek (formerly northern alliance - who make up the smallest minority in whole of Afghanistan) are running the major institutes of Afghanistan -

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    Taliban Killings

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    At first with the Taliban Killings did not happen as much, but as time went by they increased continuously. Killings began with sieges, which lasted for a few days. Within those few day thousand of people would die. There was also an increase in suicide bombers. The Taliban would also bomb power stations and that would for there to be no electricity to cook with, forcing the people to starve and go hungry. At some points people would just kill to kill in the taliban, for instance, a man was not wearing

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    The Threat Of The Taliban

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    attack on the twin towers, the US has been trying to fight against terrorism. After the attack, Al Qaeda and Bin Laden both hid in Afghanistan, making it a hideout for terrorists. Before 9/11, Bin Laden and Al Qaeda had formed relations with the Taliban. Today Afghanistan is still unstable and is vulnerable to Isis. Afghani troops, are not able to stand alone, they don’t have the training they require to fight

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    The Taliban is a group of fundamentalist Sunni Muslim militants, they were living in Afghanistan. The word Taliban means "students" a name use because many of the original members studied in Pakistani religious schools called madrassas and other members come from the ranks of the mujahedeen, the vast majority of Taliban is ethnic Pashtun. They came to power during Afghanistan's long civil war. The Taliban managed 90% of the country's territory, their policies, including their treatment of women

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    Letter to a Newspaper Editor Concerning the Taliban To the Editor, As the Taliban has been driven out of Kabul after the September 11 crisis, life over there has been better, but it is still very poor. After being bombed the Afghan people have been forced to leave there family, friends, home and even society. Who determines what people are worth being in a country like Australia. These people

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    Taliban is a Pashtun nationalist and extremely conservation Muslim movement with encompassing Pashtun ethnic majority. This organization was founded by an extremely inscrutable individual named "Mullah Mohammed Omar", and the word Talib is an Arabic word which means Student the follower of this movement which is called Taliban were religious students with a very conservative understanding of Islamic law. Taliban went through three phases starting from September 1994 up to September 1996 they were

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    Taliban Women's Roles

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    After 20 years of civil war, the Taliban, an extremist militia, took over and plunged Afghanistan into gender apartheid. The Taliban is a group composed of all men; they initially started to take over in 1994, but they didn’t overthrow the capital, Kabul, until 1996. Many people originally thought they would help stabilize the country; however, its oppressive laws threw women into destitution. Shortly after the Taliban came to power, women’s right for healthcare, education, and other lifestyle constraints

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    The Taliban And Al Qaeda

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    tool to achieve religious or political goals. The actions and strategies of these groups have intensified and become increasingly global. It has become somewhat common practice to generalize these groups, their objectives and their strategies. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are some the two most outspoken groups and many assume their characteristics to be similar. As the western gaze focuses primarily on these two organizations, a comparison between: their origins, structures, background, objectives and

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