Taliban

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The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist political and militant organization which has governed Afghanistan since 2021. Having previously ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, the group was overthrown following the United States invasion of Afghanistan and fought a twenty-year war which ended in their return to power. Emerging in 1994 as a faction in the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), the Taliban largely consisted of warlords from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan. Under the leadership of Mullah Omar, it took control of most of the country and, after seizing the capital Kabul in 1996, established a government which enforced a strict interpretation of Sharia. They were internationally condemned and isolated for their human rights practices. The Northern Alliance continued a civil war against the group and maintained international recognition as a continuation of the previous government. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States demanded the Taliban surrender al-Qaeda...

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