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[[File:Flag of Taliban.svg.png|thumb|300px|right|A flag used by the Taliban]]
[[File:Flag of Taliban.svg.png|thumb|300px|The later flag of the Taliban. Preceded by a completely plain white flag.]]
The Taliban are a Wahhabist terrorist organization the once ruled over almost all of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 in the form of the totalitarian Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan, which housed the [[Al-Qaeda]] terrorist group. Under its rule, enforcing Sharia Law, the people of Afghanistan suffered numerous severe human rights abuses. Women and girls were forbidden from getting jobs or attending school, massive taxes were imposed on corporations, which would be punished if they weren't paid, severe corporal or capital punishment, such as death by stoning, was carried out against those who didn't abide by their fundamentalist beliefs, and many more. Although the Taliban rule over most of Afghanistan was overthrown by a U.S.-lead coalition in December 2001, insurgents are still active in Afghanistan.
The Taliban are a Wahhabist terrorist organization the once ruled over almost all of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 in the form of the totalitarian Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan, which housed the [[Al-Qaeda]] terrorist group. Under its rule, enforcing Sharia Law, the people of Afghanistan suffered numerous severe human rights abuses. Women and girls were forbidden from getting jobs or attending school, massive taxes were imposed on corporations, which would be punished if they weren't paid, severe corporal or capital punishment, such as death by stoning, was carried out against those who didn't abide by their fundamentalist beliefs, and many more. Although the Taliban rule over most of Afghanistan was overthrown by a U.S.-lead coalition in December 2001, insurgents are still active in Afghanistan.



Revision as of 04:58, 17 February 2019

File:Flag of Taliban.svg.png
The later flag of the Taliban. Preceded by a completely plain white flag.

The Taliban are a Wahhabist terrorist organization the once ruled over almost all of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 in the form of the totalitarian Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan, which housed the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Under its rule, enforcing Sharia Law, the people of Afghanistan suffered numerous severe human rights abuses. Women and girls were forbidden from getting jobs or attending school, massive taxes were imposed on corporations, which would be punished if they weren't paid, severe corporal or capital punishment, such as death by stoning, was carried out against those who didn't abide by their fundamentalist beliefs, and many more. Although the Taliban rule over most of Afghanistan was overthrown by a U.S.-lead coalition in December 2001, insurgents are still active in Afghanistan.