taliban in English

noun
1
a fundamentalist Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan from early 1995, and in 1996 took Kabul and set up a radical Islamic state. The movement was forcibly removed from power by the US and its allies after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

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1. The Taliban now call the shots.

2. Their family had fled the Taliban.

3. Kandahar was once a key Taliban stronghold.

4. Function: (a) Second secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan, (b) First Secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan, (c) “Ambassador” at Large, (d) Head of United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime.

5. Khairullah, along with his business partner Satar, provided thousands of dollars to the Taliban to support Taliban activities in Afghanistan.

6. Iran Cultivates Taliban Ties to Gain Leverage, Experts Say

7. Pakistan's military continuing offensive against Taliban along Afghan border.

8. It is modelled on the older Afghan Taliban movement.

9. Function: (a) Second secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan (b) First Secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan, (c) “Ambassador” at Large, (d) Head of United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime.

10. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility of attack.

11. Pakistan already has the capacity to take on the Taliban.

12. The Taliban maintained a military during their period of control.

13. Muttaqi, Amir Khan (Taliban representative in UN-led talks).

14. Taliban gains drive Afghanistan gov’t to arm local volunteers

15. Following the edict, the Taliban destroyed several more local schools.

16. Under the Taliban Buzkashi was banned, it was considered harem, forbidden

17. WFP promptly told the Taliban to stop its " baseless allegations " .

18. The Taliban adamantly claimed to be restricting Bin Laden's activities.

19. Shoot down the Taliban fighter with RPK on his shoulder.

20. Amir Khan Motaqi is considered to be a prominent member of the Taliban and also served as Minister of Information and Culture during the Taliban regime.

21. Meanwhile, the Taliban had given the hijackers ten hours to leave Afghanistan.

22. Sir, has the External Affairs Minister said that India is alright with talks with Taliban, that is the US talking to Taliban, as far as the Afghan reconciliation is concerned?

23. At the Press conference he addressed, he said clearly that the attempt to talk to the Taliban was essentially a conversation they want with the willing Taliban.

24. Like the Taliban, the Northern Alliance has aided and abetted terrorists.

25. She had to leave her country when the Taliban took over in 1992.

26. Antigovernment elements continued to attack religious leaders who spoke against the Taliban

27. What is the status of the Afghan Government's talks with the Taliban?

28. 11 These are the same Pashtun tribesman whose descendants are today's Taliban.

29. My first business was a dressmaking business I started under the Taliban.

30. What took him back to Afghanistan was the rise of the Taliban.

31. In addition to his financial support, Faizullah has otherwise facilitated Taliban training and operations.

32. The Taliban want these children to hate the world that they currently live in.

33. Function: Deputy Minister of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue of the Taliban regime.

34. The Taliban Close in on Afghan Cities, Pushing the Country to the Brink

35. He also stated: The Taliban are not a force to be considered invincible.

36. Some consider it a move towards greater Talibanization (aggrandizing of Taliban thoughts) in Pakistan.

37. US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence.

38. His declared aim is to shift the military focus to Afghanistan, where the Taliban has resurgent.

39. A deal with the Taliban provides a measure of the challenge facing the Obama administration.

40. US bombing raids continue around the clock...... attacking Taliban tanks and trenches north of Kabul

41. Overthrow of the Taliban regime after 9 11 by an alliance lead by the US.

42. 22 This week 100 Taliban marched from Swat into neighbouring Buner and killed a tribesman.

43. Violence in Afghanistan is at its highest level since the Taliban ouster in late 200

44. Within days the Taliban in Swat moved further, taking control of the local administration, police, and schools.

45. Grounds for listing: Minister of Department of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue of the Taliban regime.

46. It has defeated communism and Nazism and has intervened against the Taliban and Serbian ethnic cleansing."

47. Effectively, the Taliban create a complete blackout of any other source of information for these children.

48. He said such operations risked alienating local tribes whose support is vital for defeating Taliban militants.

49. natural or legal persons, entities, bodies and groups associated with Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Usama bin Laden

50. However little action was seen, with no Al-Qaeda or Taliban forces being found or engaged.