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Taliban

The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the ruling government and religious organization of Afghanistan, as well as a militant organization with an ideology comprising elements of the Deobandi movement of Islamic…

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Founders
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Headquarters
Kandahar (1994–2001; 2021–present)
Active regions
Afghanistan
Dates active
1994–1996 (militia) · 1996–2001 (1st government) · 2001–2021 (insurgency) · 2021–present (2nd government)
Deliberative body
Leadership Council
Groups
Primarily Pashtuns; minority Tajiks and Uzbeks

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Taliban

Nodes379
Edges378
Triples602
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005277
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related to Current leadership · 34
Taliban → Abdul Ghani Baradar, Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, Afghanistan-Pakistan, Ambassador, August, Doha, English, February, From Logar, From Uruzgan, Haibatullah Akhundzada, Haqqani, He, Heads, Indian Embassy, Indian Military Academy, Kabul, Kabul Times, Kandahar, March
related to Etymology · 28
Taliban → Additionally, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, American Talib, American Taliban, Arabic, Both Pakistani, English, For, In, In American English, In Arabic, In English, In English-language, Indian English-language, Islamic Movement, John Walker Lindh, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Pashto
related to Soviet intervention in Afghanistan (1978–1992) · 28
Taliban → About, Afghan, Afghan War, Afghanistan, Afghans, After, Akhtar Abdur Rahman, Balochistan, Directorate, During, GID, Harakat-i Inqilab-e Islami, Hezb-i Islami Khalis, ISI, Islamic, Mujahideen, Mullah Omar, Pakistan, Pakistan's ISI, Pakistan's President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
related to Human trafficking · 25
Taliban → Afghanistan, Arab, During, Hazara, Jalalabad, Khost, Laden, Officials, Others, Pakistan, Pakistani, Pashtun, Peshawar, Qaeda, Sar Shahi, Several Taliban, Shomali, Shomali Plains, Some, Tajik
related to Leadership and organization · 24
Taliban → Abdul Ghani Baradar, According, Afghanistan, Baradar, February, Haibatullah Akhundzada, Haqqani, It, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jon Lee Anderson, Kandahar, Khalil Haqqani, Laden, Mawlawi Mohammad Salim Saad, Mullah Omar, Mullah Yaqoob, Osama, Pakistan's, Prime Minister Abdul Ghani, September
related to Organization and governance · 23
Taliban → Afghans, Amir, At, Cabinet, Consequently, Consistent, Governor, Grand Mufti Rashid Ahmed, Hazara, Health, Ludhianvi's Obedience, Military, Minister, Muslims, Pashtuns, Several, State, Tajik, Taliban's, The
related to Ideology and aims · 22
Taliban → According, Afghanistan, Ahmed Rashid, Deobandi, Ikhwan, Islam, Islamic, Islamism, Islamist, Islamists, It, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Pashtun, Pashtunwali, Sayyid Qutb, Scholarship, Sharia, Soviet, Taliban's, The Taliban
related to Massacre campaigns · 22
Taliban → According, Afghan, Afghanistan, Arab, Bin Laden's, Bosnia, Brigade, Defense, In, Ministry, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, Mullah Omar, Pakistan, Pakistani, The, The Taliban's, The UN, These, They, UN
related to 2021 offensive and return to power · 20
Taliban → Afghanistan, Afghanistan's, Ahmad Massoud, Amrullah Saleh, August, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, By, Foreign Affairs, Ghani's, In, International Cooperation, July, Kabul, Panjshir, President Ashraf Ghani, Presidential Palace, Remaining Afghan, UAE Ministry, United Arab Emirates, US
related to Discrimination against Hindus and Sikhs · 20
Taliban → Afghan Civil War, Afghan Shiites, Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Hindu, After, Christians, Hindus, In, India, Islamic Emirate, Jews, May, Muslim, Muslims, Nazi Germany, Sharia, Sikh, Sikhs, The Taliban, Western

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TalibanActive regionsAfghanistan1.00infobox
TalibanDates active1994–1996 (militia)1.00infobox
TalibanDates active1996–2001 (1st government)1.00infobox
TalibanDates active2001–2021 (insurgency)1.00infobox
TalibanDates active2021–present (2nd government)1.00infobox
TalibanDeliberative bodyLeadership Council1.00infobox
TalibanFoundersMullah Omar .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}#⟂1.00infobox
TalibanFoundersAbdul Ghani Baradar1.00infobox
TalibanGroupsPrimarily Pashtuns; minority Tajiks and Uzbeks1.00infobox
TalibanHeadquartersKandahar (1994–2001; 2021–present)1.00infobox
TalibanIdeologyDeobandi jihadism1.00infobox
TalibanIdeologyIslamic fundamentalism1.00infobox
TalibanIdeologyAfghan nationalism1.00infobox
TalibanIdeologyPashtun nationalism1.00infobox
TalibanIdeologyTraditionalism Homophobia Misogyny1.00infobox
TalibanPart ofIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present, 1996–2001)1.00infobox
TalibanPolitical positionFar-right1.00infobox
TalibanSize45,000 (2001 est.)1.00infobox
TalibanSize11,000 (2008 est.)1.00infobox
TalibanSize36,000 (2010 est.)1.00infobox
TalibanSize60,000 (2014 est.)1.00infobox
TalibanSize60,000 (2017 est. excluding 90,000 local militia and 50,000 support elements)1.00infobox
TalibanSize75,000 (2021 est.)1.00infobox
TalibanSize168,000 soldiers and 210,121 police forces and pro-Taliban militia (2024 self-claim)1.00infobox
TalibanSupreme LeadersMullah Omar # (1994–2013)1.00infobox
TalibanSupreme LeadersAkhtar Mansour X (2015–2016)[a]1.00infobox
TalibanSupreme LeadersHibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present)1.00infobox
TalibanWarsWar in Afghanistan1.00infobox
TalibanWarsWar on terror1.00infobox
Talibanis aally of Russia in the fight against terrorism.In November 20240.90text

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