![]() The Taliban, not to be confused with Pakistani Taliban emerged as an Islamist militant organization in 1994 under the spiritual leadership of Mullah Mohammad Omar. In recent years, the Afghan government has made peace processes with the Taliban its priority, yet as of 2018, reports indicate that the Taliban is in full control of 14 districts in Afghanistan (4% of the country) and maintain an active physical presence in an additional 263 districts (66%). The group’s power is concentrated and maintained in the hands of mullahs from the Kandahari Pashtun tribes, known as the Quetta Shura. and the Taliban that began in 2018 resulted in an agreement signed in February, 2020 that provides for the withdrawal of foreign forces. The Taliban utilizes both conventional and unconventional tactics to pursue its goals. Since then, the Taliban has fought to push foreign military forces out of Afghanistan and delegitimize the Afghan government. and NATO forces after the American invasion in 2001. The Taliban was removed from power by U.S. The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001 and provided a base for Al Qaeda to organize the 9/11 attacks. The Taliban seeks to establish a strictly Shariah-governed Afghan state. The Afghan Taliban is an Islamist militant organization established in 1994 during the civil war that followed the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. This was their first major attack after a ceasefire was called for the Eid al-Fitr holiday (46 killed, unknown wounded). ![]() ![]() Last Attack: June 20, 2018: Taliban militants attacked Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the Western province of Badghis. First Attack: August 1994: Taliban militia marched northward from Maiwand and captured the city of Kandahar (unknown killed, unknown wounded). ![]()
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