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Taliban
defeat by United States and opposition forces
Mullah Mohammed Omar, Taliban supreme leader
Afghanistan after the Soviet-Afghan War
al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan
association with the IMU in Uzbekistan
background of Taliban rise to power
basis of support
conquest of Afghanistan
effect on Kābul
effect on Russian policy
ethnic politics and the Taliban
execution of Najibullah
jihad culture of the Taliban
loss of Kābul
Muslim critics
not listed as state sponsor of terrorism
opposition
Pakistani withdrawal of support after September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
post-2001 insurgency
sanctions against Afghanistan
social policies
support for terrorism
1996: Afghanistan
The Taliban, or army of religious students, took control of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, in September 1996 and deposed the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani. Immediately following the capture of Kabul, national unification based on the traditional dominance of the Pushtun tribal...
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