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|skills = Military training, | |skills = Military training, | ||
|goals = Enforce their interpretation of Sharia Law in the Middle East<br>Restore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |goals = Enforce their interpretation of Sharia Law in the Middle East<br>Restore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | ||
|type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists}} | |type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists|crimes = Crimes against humanity<br>Human trafficking<br>Drug trafficking<br>State-sponsored terrorism<br>War crimes; Crime of torture (Murder, cruel or degrading treatment and torture; Summary execution), offenses against the customary law of nations (outrages upon diplomatic plenipotentiaries and agents)}} | ||
The '''Taliban''' (Pashto: طالبان, ''ṭālibān'' "students") are a Wahhabi [[Jihad|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. | The '''Taliban''' (Pashto: طالبان, ''ṭālibān'' "students") are a Wahhabi [[Jihad|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. | ||