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...So it was a very positive moment to support the surge. In Afghanistan, the Taliban are not back on their heels. They have the initiative. In the last five yea

...(2001-2021), he joined the Northern Alliance and was part of defeating the Taliban.<ref name=Rashid2000>{{citation | title = Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

...nt of Wahhabism, which used strict Islam to protest British colonial rule. Taliban theology is a variant of Deobandism, but is more Salafist than the Wahhabi

...r insurgent groups. Response was mixed; one government ally who had been a Taliban supporter in the past, [[Maulana]] [[Fazlur Rehman]] of the [[Jamiat Ulema- "In 1996, after the PPP's government was overthrown, the Taliban immediately seized Kabul. They invited Al-Qaeda into Afghanistan to raise,

...together. They have also operated in Afghanistan with the support of the [[Taliban]] and [[al-Qaeda]]. Like the Taliban, it wants to enforce [[sharia]] "not as a way of creating just society but

...to adopt a political path. The SSP and LeJ have very close links with the Taliban." <ref name=SATP>{{citation

==Taliban== ..., a king who died in 1773 and established an Islamic identity. The classic Taliban had been a "loose Islamic civil service", returning to villages as teachers

...ged alliances. After the 2001 invasion, Hekmatyar associated it with the [[Taliban]] and [[al-Qaeda]]. Today, there are three claimants to the name: ...n to be close to Hekmatyar. They are, however, Pashtuns that form the core Taliban constituency.

...and spokesman for Mullah Muhammad Omar, and later foreign minister for the Taliban.<ref name=Bbc2002-02-09a/><ref name=Rashid>{{citation | title = Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

...alitarian regime was religiously based, such as in Afghanistan under the [[Taliban]].

...e compromise consensus, however, was the struggle against al-Qaeda and the Taliban would be the first stage in a broader war on terrorism. It was also clear t

...ch as [[al-Qaeda]], the [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] (IMU) and the [[Taliban]], therefore, differ from Islamist groups that do intend to provide social ...ke as he fought [[Afghanistan War (2001-2021), major combat phase|with the Taliban in Afghanistan]], but his successors share his approach.

...He pointed out the brutal way Daesh executes prisoners, and asserted the Taliban wanted to remind those negotiating peace that they weren't brutal in the sa :''“[The release of Rutherford] is a tacit way for the Afghan Taliban to signal that 'We’re not just the bad guys anymore. We might have taken

...BBC]] under the pseudonym Gul Makai about the atrocities of the [[Tehrik-i-Taliban]] regime. Yousafzai has since been nominated for several international awar ...ooting girl who spoke out|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/09/taliban-pakistan-shoot-girl-malala-yousafzai|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian N

| title = U.S. ambassador: Pakistan not backing U.S. goals on Taliban

...acks were mistakes. The Pentagon acknowledged that the men were neither [[Taliban]] or [[Al-Qaeda]], and blamed the attack on bad intelligence.<ref name=NYTi

...nterior minister, [[Naseerullah Babar]], in the initial rise of the Afghan Taliban. <ref name=Peters>{{citation | title = Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al-Qaeda

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...ndemned [[suicide attack]]s as contrary to Islamic law, and attacked the [[Taliban]]-aligned insurgency as bad for Pakistan and supporting its enemies. U.S. a

..., he denied Administration charges that Iran was actively supporting the [[Taliban]]. <ref>{{citation

...who is not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who is part of the Taliban, al-Qaeda, or associated forces) or a person who, before, on, or after the ...gence Agency (DCIA) "to be a member or part of or supporting Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated organizations; and [is] likely to be in possession of infor

''"In my personal view, the first time one of the guys says, 'I'm not Taliban or al-Qaida,' the doubt standard should be that low to have an Article 5 tr

...awful combatant" for members of [[al-Qaeda]] and certain members of the [[Taliban]], but the [[Obama administration|Obama Administration]] has stated its pre

...Haji Besmella, and Haji Mohammad Wali)</ref>,a suspected [[al-Qaeda]] or [[Taliban]] member, held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the Guantanamo Bay detenti

After the Taliban were overthrown, he took a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Paris,

#Afghanistan-Pakistan border issues and the Taliban

...]]" decision, while Fick said it was important not to let al-Qaeda and the Taliban present a narrative that they had driven out the U.S.

...ions''</ref> &mdash; yet that is a core of Salafism, clearly driving the [[Taliban]] among others. Rejectionists reject both modernization and Westernization.

...to Hamid Karzai's unit establishing his credibility in the pursuit of the Taliban after Kabul fell. They were present at the Battle of Tora Bora, although th

By September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda possessed, with the Afghan Taliban providing sanctuary.

...30, 2021, leaving it in the hands of the Taliban. In 2001, the then-ruling Taliban refused to surrender that leadership and shut down their facilities. Al-Qae ...ligence data provided to NATO already pointed to that conclusion. When the Taliban did not meet the terms of the ultimatum, overt air attacks started on Octob

...lically donned the cloak when claiming leadership of the country and the [[Taliban]]. ...re Sunni, although there are Shi'a, especially among the [[Hazara]]. The [[Taliban]] are extreme Salafists, desiring not only [[Sharia]] law but the living co

...ht of the most recent developments, particularly in Kabul...Condemning the Taliban for allowing Afghanistan to be used as a base for the ...in this context supporting the efforts of the Afghan people to replace the Taliban regime..."

...d not have the authority to build back his fighting strength against the Taliban.<ref name=WaPo2002-01-20>{{citation ...mber 4, a new set of directives called for increasing pressure against the Taliban until they either ejected Al-Qaeda or faced a serious threat to their conti

| title = Does Pakistan's Taliban Surge Raise a Nuclear Threat?

| title = Taliban Reportedly Cut Off Fingers of 2 Voters

...der of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yuldashev, an ally of the Taliban in Pakistan.<ref>{{citation

...re opposed to modernism far more than the Saudi practice of Wahhabism. The Taliban argued they were creating a stable Islamic state that the leaders of the ji | title = The Spokesperson of the Taliban Government to Nida'ul Islam: "Our Goal is to Restore Peace and Establish a

...or the Taliban:associated with al-Qaeda or associated with the Taliban|the Taliban: #The detainee interviewed several Taliban officials during his stay in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

::[[Afghanistan War]] military operations against the [[Taliban]] and [[al-Qaeda]] by United States and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisatio

...stan. She was assassinated at a rally in Rawalpindi; authorities blamed [[Taliban]] allies; [[al-Qaeda]], however, claimed responsibility<ref> M. Ilyas Khan,

...] effort against terrorist organizations other than [[al-Qaeda]] and the [[Taliban]]. Also blocked were the [[al Aqsa Bank]] and the [[Beit al Mal Bank]], whi

...anistan. First, USCENTCOM launched Operation Enduring Freedom to expel the Taliban government in Afghanistan, who were harboring al-Qaeda terrorists and repre Following the defeat of both the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq, USCENTCOM ha

...wide caliphate that applies the Islamic law in full. Afghanistan under the Taliban offers one model of what they would establish globally."<ref>{{citation

...iance was later joined by ground forces, resulting in the overthrow of the Taliban. [[NATO]] subsequently took over the primary military role. ==Overthrow of Taliban in Afghanistan==

...s. "India's objectives are exactly aligned with America's -- to defeat the Taliban and to support the elected Afghan government. "<ref name=WaPo2009-11-23 />