Taliban

The Rise of the Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan The Rise of the Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan describes the journey and development of the Taliban from its beginning to its end. Many sociological perspectives are presented by many different sociologists. The perspectives are separated into different chapters and the entirety is edited by Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi. The collective theme is the movement and process of the Taliban and the development and decline of Central Asia. The

The Taliban started in the 1990’s as a resistance to the soviets rule of Afghanistan. The movement promised to stabilize Afghanistan and introduce a new era of law that would end conflict. This attracted many people to the movement, causing it to expand exponentially. In September, 1996, the Taliban took control of Kabul and started the official rule of Afghanistan. “The Taliban regime controlled some 90 percent of the country before its 2001 overthrow, analysts say” from Council on Foreign Relations

Afghanistan delegation met with Taliban officials in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Tuesday. This meeting, mediated by Pakistani officials, is the first official face-to-face discussion that has been acknowledged by the Afghan government after years of attempts to bring the two sides together. This first meeting follows several informal meetings that had taken place this past year and is meant to end more than 13 years of war in Afghanistan where the Taliban have been fighting against the government

Malala Yousafzai stands up to the Taliban by using her voice and by being brave. Despite being shot later, she still kept her head held high. First, she began by writing about her life under Kondaurov 3 Taliban control on BBC. “... So Hai Kakar would call me on my mother’s mobile… asking me questions about my day, and asking me to tell him small anecdotes or talk about my dreams… Then he wrote up my words once a week and they would appear on the BBC Urdu website” (Yousafzai and Lamb 155)

Strict interpretation of Sharia by the Taliban was enforced in all the regions captured by the Taliban. Some areas had harsher rules than other, Kabul was one of the cities were strict rules were reinforced since Kabul was the most liberty region because of communist ideology. The rural regions were affect as much, since they were already traditional and observed Sharia laws prior to the Taliban. The restriction imposed on the Afghan people included: prohibition of women from work, prohibition of

The Taliban Kyle Collins Rancourt The Problem “The Taliban are a group of fundamentalist Sunni Muslim militants living today mostly near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan” (Johns). The Taliban emerged in the early 1990’s ("Who Are the Taliban?"). The Taliban are a serious issue in today’s world. They are not only affecting people in Afghanistan, but people all over the world even the United States. They are a threat to others and are feared all around the world. The word Taliban means

political organization known as Taliban inflicted the attack. Right after the blast, it sent a video to the government of Afghanistan. In the video, the leader of the group said, “We are fighting for the freedom of the Afghani people. Whatever it takes, we will do for the civilians. We are asking for a new Independent State of the Taliban for the benefits of the civilians to you who are in power and authority." A civil war broke out in Afghanistan because the Taliban wanted to rule over the nation

Influence of the Taliban on Afghanistan Society The novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, takes place in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to the early 2000s during the Soviet–Afghan War. The Taliban are a Muslim fundamentalist group who took control of Afghanistan's government and ruled during that time period. One way I believe the Taliban influenced the Afghan Society was by changing the rules of society for women in Afghanistan. Women and girls were discriminated against, disregarded, and their human

The leader of the Taliban thought of himself as a Islamic reformist, along with a interpreter of the Quran. At first he was just getting people in pakistan to stop bad habits like smoking or doing drugs, and keep certain things he viewed as good like not cutting mens beards. He got people to adopt good habits like personal hygiene, but told them that listening to music and watching movies or dancing was making God angry. He wanted to bring back Islamic laws to replace a system that wasn’t working

Taliban Rules for Women The Taliban have tons of rules for women. All of these come from www.rawa.org/rules.htm. Here are some rules on women. A ban on males and females riding the same bus. Women can’t be seen on balconies. Women can’t be treated by male doctors. If women can’t be treated by male doctors and women can’t go to school, who is going to treat the sick women? Those rules are ruining the females’ everyday lives in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here is a quote directly from the website listed