NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Taliban

^ Pajhwok Afghan News, Taliban have opened office in Waziristan (Pakistan)
^ Jalali, Ali A. & Grau, Lester W. (6 March), "Taliban - a Model for "Isilalaicising" Central Asia?", The Cyber-Caravan, <http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/990306-taliban.htm>
^ Afghanistan: Taleban's second coming - BBC News 2 June 2006. "After being routed in 2001 the Taleban found a safe sanctuary in Balochistan and the North West Frontier province of Pakistan. They have been able to set up a major logistics hub, training camps, carry out fund raising and have been free to recruit fighters from madrassas and refugee camps. The Taleban have received help from Pakistan's two provincial governments, the MMA, Islamic extremist groups, the drugs mafia and criminal gangs - while the military regime has looked the other way. Al-Qaeda has helped the Taliban reorganise and forge alliances with other Afghan and Central Asian rebel groups. "
^ ISAF is made up of 39 countries, including all 26 NATO allies but also many other non-NATO countries. See ISAF Troop Contribution Placement, December 5, 2007
^ Goodson, Afghanistan's Endless War, (2001) p.114.
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.29
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dupree Hatch, Nancy. "Afghan Women under the Taliban" in Maley, William. Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban. London: Hurst and Company, 2001, pp. 145-166.
^ M. J. Gohari (2000). The Taliban: Ascent to Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 108-110.
^ A woman being flogged in public.
^ "The Taliban's War on Women"PDF (857 KiB), Physicians for Human Rights, August 1998.
^ "100 Girls' Schools in Afghan Capital Are Ordered Shut", The New York Times, June 17, 1998.
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^ Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world / editor in chief, Richard C. Martin, Macmillan Reference USA : Thomson/Gale, c2004
^ Matinuddin, Kamal, The Taliban Phenomenon, Afghanistan 1994-1997, Oxford University Press, (1999), p.25-6
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), 25-29.
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000)
^ Rashid, Taliban, (2000) p.27-9
^ The Taliban — Infoplease.com
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.1
^ Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, the Taliban has also been known to discriminate against the rights of women saying that men cannot be "trusted" around them (2004)
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.132, 139
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.87
^ Roy, Olivier, Globalized Islam, Columbia University Press, 2004, p.239
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.92
^ Pashtun people#Demographics
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.101
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.98
^ ^a ^b Rashid, Taliban (2000) p.39-40
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.101-2
^ ^a ^b Human Rights Watch Report, `Afghanistan, the massacre in Mazar-e-Sharif`, November 1998. INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HAZARAS BY GOVERNOR NIAZI
^ ^a ^b Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.107
^ Rashid, Taliban, p.93, 137
^ March 1996 interview in Kandahar with Mullah Wakil, an aide to Omar by Ahmed Rashid, from Rashid's book Taliban (2000), p.43
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.5
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.100
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.95
^ Interview with Taliban spokesman Mullah Wakil in Arabic magazine Al-Majallah, 23 October 1996
^ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4145138,00.html "How the Buddha got his wounds", Guardian March 3, 2001
^ ^a ^b Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.41-2
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.42
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.26
^ ^a ^b Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.32
^ Rashid, Taliban, (2000) p.111
^ Amy Waldman, `No TV, no Chess, No Kites: Taliban's Code, from A to Z,` New York Times, November 22, 2001
^ ^a ^b US Country Report on Human Rights Practices - Afghanistan 2001
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.105
^ ^a ^b Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.218-9. See the full edict here: The Taliban In Their Own Words
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.106
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000) p.70
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.114
^ ^a ^b Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.71.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wright, Looming Towers (2006), p.337.
^ ^a ^b Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.115-116.
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.73.
^ Goodson, Afghanistan's Endless War, (2001), p.79.
^ THE MASSACRE IN MAZAR-I SHARIF, THE FIRST DAY OF THE TAKEOVER.
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.68
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.76.
^ MASSACRES OF HAZARAS IN AFGHANISTAN, hrw.org.
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.192.
^ Interviews with cabinet ministers and bureaucrats in June 1998 and information [provided by civilian and military officials between 1995 and 1999 to Ahmed Rashid, in Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.183. Also "Pakistan and the Taliban" in Maley, William, Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban, C. Hurst, London, 1998.
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000) p.185-186.
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000) p.177.
^ Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, (2004).
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.74-75.
^ IRANIAN-AFGHAN TENSIONS.
^ Reuters, "Taliban blame Clinton scam for attacks", 21 August 1998
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.138, 231.
^ Rashid, Taliban, (2000), p.78.
^ Rashid,Taliban (2000), p.126.
^ UNCP Country Development Indicators, 1995.
^ quoting the ICRC.
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.72.
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.64, 78.
^ interview June 1997, (Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.111-112).
^ Rashid, Taliban, (2000), p.101.
^ "Taliban Briefly Detains European Aid Official Visiting Hospital," The New York Times, September 30, 1997. ; p. A10 (1 page).
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.65.
^ Aid agencies pull out of Kabul The building had "no electricity or running water."
^ Rashid, Taliban (2000), p.71-72.
^ Agence France-Presse, "Taliban reject warnings of aid pull-out", 16 July 1998.
^ Wright, Looming Towers, (2006), p.246-247, 287-288.
^ Wright, Looming Towers (2006), p.288-289.
^ Rashid, Taliban, p.139.
^ International Terrorism And the Case Of Usama bin Laden, Lebanese Army Website.
^ Lawrence Wright believes bin Laden was almost completely broke at this time, cut off from his family income and fleeced by the Sudanese. (See Wright, Looming Towers (2006), p.222-223).
^ Wright, Looming Towers (2006), p.355.
^ PDF of indictments.
^ CNN report.
^ BBC article stating that bin Laden in "a man without sin".
^ ^a ^b "Taliban Won't Turn Over Bin Laden", CBS News, 2001-09-21. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
^ CNN records of evidence against bin Laden.
^ Cooperative Research records of evidence against bin Laden.
^ Bin Laden, Messages to the World, (2006), p.143, from Interview published in Al-Quds Al-Arabi in London, Nov. 12, 2001 (originally published in Pakistani daily, Ausaf, Nov. 7), shortly before the Northern Alliance entry into Kabul.
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.91.
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.93
^ Source: Yousufzai, Rahimyllah, "Pakistani Taliban at work," The News, 18 December 1998. See also AFP, "Murder convict executed Taliban style in Pakistan", 14 December 1998.
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.194.
^ Agence France Presse, "Kashmir militant group issues Islamic dress order," 21 February 1999.
^ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Published: May 15, 2007, "Suicide Bombing Kills at Least 25 in Pakistan".
^ "Pakistan and Japan plead for Afghan statues", CNN.com, 2001-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
^ Rashid,Taliban, (2000), p.118-119.
^ Afghanistan, Opium and the Taliban.
^ Benjamin, Daniel, The Age of Sacred Terror by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, New York : Random House, c2002, p.145) (source: Edith M. Lederer, "U.N. Panel Accuses Taliban of Selling Drugs to Finance War and Train Terrorists," Associated Press, 25 May 2001.
^ Afghanistan, Opium and the Taliban.
^ Victorious warlords set to open the opium floodgates
^ Afghanistan: Addicted To Heroin.
^ Afghanistan Opium Crop Sets Record - Washington Post December 2, 2006.
^ United States ultimatum.
^ JNV briefing
^ BISHOP, P., Pakistan Halts Secret Plan for bin Laden Trial, Daily Telegraph, 4 Oct 2001.
^ Taliban offers to try bin Laden in an Islamic court.
^ October 21, 2001 interview with Taysir Alluni of Al Jazeera.
^ The United States declares war on the Taliban.
^ Operation Enduring Freedom.
^ Intentions of U.S. military operation.
^ Taliban offers to hand bin Laden to a neutral nation for trial.
^ "Poppies for Medicine" The Senlis Council.
^ "Countering the insurgency in Afghanistan, Losing friends and making enemies" The Senlis Council.
^ Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU).
^ Shahzad, Syed Saleem. "Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America", Asia Times Online, 2006-09-08. Retrieved on 2006-09-12.
^ Human Rights News, Afghanistan: Civilians Bear Cost of Escalating Insurgent Attacks.
^ The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan, April 2007, Volume 19, No. 6(C).
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^ ^a ^b A setback for the Neo Taliban by B Raman.
^ Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Afghanistan. by AMIR SHAH, The Associated Press.
^ Taliban militants overrun Afghan town, destroy government center, Afghan News.
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^ Suicide attack on US embassy convoy, The Nation.
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^ Taliban commander: War will go on until West leaves.
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^ Taliban threaten spring offensive on Kabul.
^ US Military: Taliban spring offensive unlikely in Afghanistan.

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Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Belligerents Hezbollah Amal[1] LCP[2] PFLP-GC[3] Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Imad Mughniyeh Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[4] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[5] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Hizbul Shabaab al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Eritrea Ethiopia TFG Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM United States Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Abdikadir Adan Shire Abdi Hasan Awale Mohamud Muse Hersi Meles Zenawi Patrick M. Walsh Strength... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Belligerents Lebanese Armed Forces Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham Commanders Michel Sulaiman Francois al-Hajj Shaker al-Abssi Abu Youssef Sharqieh # Abu Hureira â€ Strength 72,100 troops 450 Fatah militants, 50 Jund militants, unknown number of al-Qaeda bombers Casualties and losses Northern casualties: 168 killed, 400-500 wounded... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... This article is about the year. ...

2002: A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11â€”pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Matt Lauer with the crew of Flight 63, the Shoebomber flight. ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Terrorism in Pakistan
(February 2002 – current)
1st Bali bombing (October 12)

2003: Terrorism in Pakistan has been prevalent since the 1980s following the breakup of the nation into modern Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ... The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ... is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Riyadh compound bombings
(May 12)
Casablanca bombings (May 16)
Marriott Hotel bombing (August 5)
Istanbul bombings
(November 15 and November 20)

2004: The Riyadh compound bombings took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Istanbul bombings were two truck bomb attacks carried out on two days in November 2003. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

SuperFerry 14 bombing (February 27)
Madrid train bombings (March 11)
Jakarta Australian embassy bombing (September 9)

2005: The 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing on February 27, 2004, resulted in the sinking of the ferry SuperFerry 14 and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines worst terrorist attack and the worlds deadliest terrorist attack at sea. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Australian embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2006: The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikinews has news related to: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sharm el-Sheikh is located on the coast of the Red Sea, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikinews has news related to: Fatal explosions hit Bali The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... India map showing Delhi The 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on October 29, 2005 in the Indian city of Delhi, killing 59 people and injuring at least 200 others [1] in three explosions. ... is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Amman, the capital city of Jordan. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

2007: Map showing the Western line and blast locations. ... is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

1st Algiers bombings (April 11)
2007 Fort Dix attack plot (May 7)
London car bomb plot and Glasgow Airport attack
(June 29 and June 30 respectively)
Qahtaniya bombings (August 14)
Karachi bombing (October 18)
Baghlan bombing (November 6)
Philippine Congress bombing (November 13)
2nd Algiers bombings (December 11)

2008: is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A group of six radical Islamist[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... On 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. ... It has been suggested that Mohammed Asha be merged into this article or section. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2007 Karachi bombing of October 18, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan, was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing occurred on November 6, 2007 when a bomb exploded in the centre of Baghlan, Afghanistan, while a delegation of parliamentarians was visiting. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Jaipur bombings (May 13)

Afghanistan War:
- Invasion Allies
- Afghanistan
- Northern Alliance
- ISAF
Iraq insurgency:
- Multinational force
- Iraq (Iraqi Army)
Waziristan War:
- Pakistan
- United States
Philippines:
- Philippines
- United States
War in Somalia
- Ethiopia
- United States

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Bush Tommy Franks Ricardo Sanchez George Casey David Petraeus Tony Blair Gordon Brown Brian... The Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), is a military command, led by the United States, that is fighting the Iraq War against the multitude of Iraqi insurgents. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... The Iraqi Army is the land force of Iraq, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I. Today, it is a component of the Iraqi Security Forces tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations... Combatants Pakistan United States Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Until 2007) Commanders Pervez Musharraf Safdar Hussain Hamid Khan Masood Aslam Osama bin Laden Mullah Omar Haji Omar Abu Faraj al-Libbi Jalaluddin Haqqani Tohir Yoâ€˜ldosh Strength 80,000 Pakistani troops[1] ~80,000... 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The Muslim Brothers (Arabic: Ø§Ù„Ø¥Ø®ÙˆØ§Ù† Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…ÙˆÙ† al-ikhwÄn al-muslimÅ«n, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply Ø§Ù„Ø¥Ø®ÙˆØ§Ù† al-ikhwÄn, the Brotherhood or MB) is a world-wide Sunni Islamist movement and the worlds largest, most influential Islamist group[1]. The MB is the largest political... Image File history File links Flag_of_Pattani. ... Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian... Jaish-e-Mohammed (Arabic:Ø¬ÙŠØ´ Ù…ØÙ…Ø¯, literally The Army of Muhammad, transliterated as Jaish-e-Muhammed, Jaish-e-Mohammad or Jaish-e-Muhammad, often abbreviated as JEM) is a major Islamic militant organization in South Asia. ... 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Contents

Etymology

Origin

Taliban ideology and its application

Governance

Consistency

Criticism of ideology

Explanation of ideology

Life under the Taliban regime

Treatment of women

Prohibitions on culture

Ethnic massacres and persecution

Economy

Conscription

War with the Northern Alliance

International relations

Relations with the United Nations and aid agencies

Relationship with Osama bin Laden

Taliban in Pakistan

Buddhas of Bamiyan

Opium

U.S.-led invasion and displacement of the Taliban

Prelude to invasion

American attack

Resurgence of Taliban

Human rights violations

Timeline

2006

2007

2008

References

Further reading

See also

External links