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...upport. "The bloody civil war consumed Afghanistan, paving the way for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to take control of the government...In attempting to end forei ...its headquarters not in Kabul, the national capital, but in Kandahar, the Taliban stronghold when they were in control.

...parts of governments that may not have widespread recognition, such as the Taliban or Hamas. This remains unclear in international law.

...government. Early US support to the Afghan Northern Alliance against the Taliban used clandestine operators from both the CIA and United States Army Special

* 2001 - U.S. and NATO forces invade Afghanistan and overthrow the Taliban; they remain in place, 2008

...t intelligence on, and mount covert operations against, al-Qaeda and the [[Taliban]]. The teams would act jointly with military [[special operations]] units.

...their objective was widely assumed to be to turn the whole of Mali into a Taliban-style country that would serve as a base for [[al-Qaeda]] terrorism.

...d Saddam's Army, a major military success, similar to the victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan.<ref name="Attack, Bob Woodward 2004"/> Four members of the

...committed Britain to participation in an attack on [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Taliban]], in Afghanistan<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campai ...ite the establishment of an elected government there, the fighting against Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgents was continuing.

...thorize President Bush to invade invasion of Afghanistan and overthrow the Taliban. House leader [[Richard Gephardt]] and Senate leader [[Thomas Daschle]] pus

...can wars with weapons, Bout was also providing goods and services to the [[Taliban]] and al-Qaeda. From his base in the [[United Arab Emirates]], Bout and a p

...Afghanistan and Pakistan remains a major front for combating al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terrorist organizations that threaten the U.S. homeland and the