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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.
Flag of the Taliban. The Taliban (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ b æ n, ˈ t ɑː l ɪ b ɑː n /; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [1] [2] is an Afghan militant movement, that governs Afghanistan, with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of ...
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 ...
United States 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 ...
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.
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 ...
The treatment of women by the Taliban refers to actions and policies by two distinct Taliban regimes in Afghanistan which are either specific or highly commented upon, mostly due to discrimination, since they first took control in 1996. During their first rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban were notorious internationally for their misogyny and ...
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.