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  1. Taliban - Wikipedia

    In mid 2021, the Taliban led a major offensive in Afghanistan during the withdrawal of US troops from the country, which gave them control of over half of Afghanistan's 421 districts as of 23 …

  2. Taliban | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

    4 days ago · Taliban, ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan’s …

  3. Afghanistan Under the Taliban: What We Know and Don’t Know

    May 14, 2024 · Since the 2021 takeover of Afghanistan, this aspect of Taliban governance has rarely featured in Western reporting, which correctly characterizes the group’s rule as …

  4. Where is Afghanistan Three Years into Taliban Rule?

    Sep 19, 2024 · Three years into Taliban rule, the Afghan people are beset by a host of human rights, economic and humanitarian challenges, with women and girls particularly impacted.

  5. Behind Afghanistan’s Fall, U.S.-Backed Militias Worse Than the Taliban

    Dec 24, 2024 · A member of the Afghan Local Police, a militia organization formed to fight the Taliban, outside the unit’s hilltop base in 2012 in Taloqa, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.

  6. The Taliban in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations

    Jan 19, 2023 · The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. Under their harsh rule, they have cracked down on women’s rights and …

  7. Who are the Taliban and how did they take over Afghanistan so ... - CNN

    Aug 16, 2021 · Formed in 1994, the Taliban were made up of former Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, who fought the invading Soviet forces in the 1980s. They …

  8. History of the Taliban - Wikipedia

    They emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s, capturing Kandahar and expanding their control across the country; they became involved in a war with the Northern Alliance. The international …

  9. National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI

    The Afghan Taliban are responsible for most insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, which follow an established pattern of regular low-level ambush and hit-and-run attacks, coupled with periodic …

  10. Who are the Taliban? - BBC

    Oct 1, 2010 · The Taliban, or "students" in the Pashto language, emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.