the taliban regime
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QUESTIONS
How did the Taliban start? What does the Taliban want? How did the Taliban affect
Afghanistan? How did the Taliban gain power
and fall?
Who is the Taliban? The Taliban arose in 1990 in northern
Pakistan after Soviet troops left Afghanistan, coming into attention in 1994
The Taliban first appeared in religious seminaries which taught fundamentalist Sunni Islam with Deobandism influences
Taliban is translated to mean “the Seekers”
The Taliban was initially accepted by the Afghans for their promise to end the war of the warlords, but imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law
The spiritual leader is Mullah OmarMullah Omar
IDEOLOGY
To impose an augmented form of Sharia Law under controlled areas
Banning images of human form Restrict role of women Interpret the Koran (Quran) literally,
with no adjustments to modern day
The rise and fall of the Taliban The Taliban and its rule arose from the chaos of post-
Soviet Afghanistan It began as an Islamic and Pashtun politico-religious
movement composed of madrasa students in southern Afghanistan
Overwhelmingly ethnic Pashtuns, the Taliban blended Pashtunwali tribal code with elements of Deobandi Islamic teaching to form an anti-Western and anti-modern Islamic ideology with which it ruled
It began to receive support from neighboring Pakistan as well as from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
The Taliban were perceived as being particularly brutal towards those they considered non-Afghans. Pashtun people comprised the vast majority of the Taliban movement
As the Taliban expanded from their southern and south-eastern strongholds, they encountered more resistance due to the fact that their brand of Deobandi Islam, incorporated with the pashtun tribal code of Pashtunwali, was alien to the other ethnic groups of Afghanistan.
The Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif, where Taliban fighters killed between 8000-10,000 Hazaras and Uzbeks in response to 3000 executed Taliban fighters were a result of this ethnic tension
The Taliban conquered (fetih) Kabul in 1996
They ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001 with name ‘The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’
Even at the peak of their influence, the Taliban did not control the entirety of Afghanistan, as about 10% of the country in the northeast was held by the Northern Alliance.
Effects of the Taliban Education of girls is banned Adult literacy rate is 27% for men and 5.6% for women Women are restricted to their homes and banned from
employment, driving, education, wearing makeup, or leaving home without a male relative
Forms of leisure have been banned, such as music, movies, TV, celebrations or any kind of mixed-gender gathering
Cigarettes and alchohol have been banned, as well as pets and photographs of people and animals
Men are forced to grow beards Burqas (some type of costume) are mandated for women
to wear outside the home