The Taliban

The Taliban were an Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled most of Afghanistan from late 1996 until the end of 2001 . They managed to take control of 90% of the country’s territories. Because the Taliban took over, the Afghan people were forced to follow their extremely harsh rules. The Taliban took over Afghanistan fairly quickly because of the powerful and commanding leaders that were involved in it. The Taliban started in late 1996 and had almost complete control of Afghanistan in order to re-unite it and bring Islamic Law, or Sharia, into the country.
The Taliban emerged in October 1994 when they initiated action between Kandahar and the city of Quetta in Pakistan to “rescue” a trade convoy bound from Pakistan to Central Asia . They portrayed themselves as an army of religious students who were fed up with the post communist struggle for Kabul and the lawlessness in the country. The Taliban got its name from the word “Talib” which means “student” . They came to...