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Additionally, in Pakistan, the word Talibans is often used when referring to more than one Taliban member. In Afghanistan, the Taliban is frequently called the گرُوهْ طَالِبَانْ (Goroh-e Taleban), Dari term which means 'Taliban group'. [ 99 ] As per Dari/Persian grammar, there is no "the" prefix.
7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021. (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) First phase: 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014. Second phase: 1 January 2015 – 30 August 2021 [34][35] Location. Afghanistan [a] Result. Taliban victory [36] Islamic State–Taliban conflict and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues.
Fall of Kabul; Part of the 2021 Taliban offensive of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the war on terror: Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, US Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport, coalition soldiers assist a child during the evacuation, armed Taliban fighters in Kabul, Taliban ...
The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, commonly known as the United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord, [ 1 ] was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on 29 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar, to bring an end to the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Negotiated for the US by Zalmay Khalilzad for the ...
Hibatullah Akhundzada. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, [a] also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, [b] is an Afghan cleric who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S.-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), [1][10][11] also known as the Second Resistance, [12][13][14][15] is a military alliance of former Northern Alliance members and other anti- Taliban fighters loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. [16] The founder and president of NRF is Ahmad Massoud.
2021 Taliban offensive. 150,000–200,000 combat-oriented troops, including an unknown number of junior and ghost soldiers. [68] The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul -based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Left) with Taliban Third Deputy Leader and Head of the Political Office Abdul Ghani Baradar (Right) in Doha, Qatar in 2020. Despite no countries recognizing the Islamic Emirate as the legitimate successor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, there have been official diplomatic talks between the Taliban and other countries since September 2021.