Taliban

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Taliban Full Name: N/A Alias: Taleban Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Origin: Afghanistan Foundation: 1994 headquarters Quetta, Pakistan Commanders: Hibatullah Akhundzada Akhtar Mansour (former) Mohammed Omar (former) Goals: Enforce their interpretation of Sharia Law in the Middle East Restore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان‎, ṭālibān "students") are a Wahhabi jihadist terrorist organization based in Afghanistan. Founded in 1994 by former mujahideen commander Mohammed Omar in the aftermath of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Taliban have been waging an on-again, off-again insurgency in the country since then to become the primary governing power in Afghanistan.

They were successful in 1996 in becoming the principal governing body in Afghanistan. Known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (a name that the group is still known by), the Taliban remained in power for five years, establishing themselves as a totalitarian regime that enforced a strict interpretation of Sharia Law. Under its rule, 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.

The Taliban were overthrown by a U.S.-lead NATO coalition in 2001 following the beginning of the War in Afghanistan. Despite this, they have continued to wage war against American forces the Middle East as part of the ongoing War on Terror.