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Group leader- Jalen Grady

What is the Taliban?
The Taliban or Taleban is a Sunni Muslim movement dominated by people with Pashtun ethnic identity which controlled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. Although the displacement of the Taliban from government in 2001 greatly destabilized the organization, it still has active members, including people from other parts of the world who traveled to Afghanistan to support the work of the Taliban.During the Taliban's years of control over Afghanistan, most governments around the world did not recognize it as a legitimate government, due to concerns about human rights violations.

There was no such thing as a Taliban until the Afghanistan’s civil war in the wake of Soviet troops’ withdrawal in 1989, after a decade-long occupation. But by the time their last troops withdrew in February 1989, they’d left a nation in social and economic shards




 * One of the mujahideen ("freedom fighters") formed during the war against the [|Soviet occupation of Afghanistan]
 * 1992 Kabul was captured
 * alliance of mujahidden set up new government with the Burhanuddin Rabbani
 * Result: Fighting becuase the two could not agree
 * Taliban's unity began with the Kandaha Taliban move in 1994
 * Pakistan chose well trained Tabilan's to protect trade rout from Pakistan to Central Asia.
 * Result: Taliban fighting off rival's mujahideen and warlords
 * Wanted to take over Kandahar
 * September 1996 Taliban took over Kabul

Taliban under control of Muhammad Omar


 * Strict interpritations of Sharia (Islamic laws)
 * Public executions and punishments held at public stadiums
 * Kite flying, TV, internet, and music were banned (non islamic)

West's Taliban Treatment of Women (Kabul) Result of the Taliban
 * Forbid schooling
 * Not allowed to work outside the house
 * If women wanted to leave the house, they must be with a man
 * If caught wearing nailpolish fingertips may be chopped off
 * Must wear a burqa
 * All of this was done to keep their women safe in their honor
 * re-united most of Afghanistan
 * not able to end civil war
 * food, water, and employment declined during their rule



How the Taliban took over: 1. Come in peace: Taliban came to Afghanistan after Russia 2. Recruit Members: Came to Afghanistan when the people were economically unstable 3. Discredit belief systems: made people believe their ways are the best way 4. provided needs: "protected" the people 5. Indoctrinate new belief system: Used theidea that the Pashtun's were weak 6. Create laws and consequences: strict laws for men vs/ women 7. Make exmples/create fear: public execution



resources: Hayes, L., Brunner, B., & Rowen, B. (2007). Who are the Taliban? [Online article]. Retrieved from []