Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fundamentalist Muslim group of Afghanistan and western Pakistan, known for its military and paramilitary activities.
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- proper noun A
Sunni Islamic student movement inAfghanistan ; organized in 1994 by theradical mullah "Mohammad Omar" - noun A Taliban
militia . - noun A member of the Taliban movement or its militia.
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- noun a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government
Etymologies
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PETER MARSDEN, AUTHOR, "THE TALIBAN: WAR, RELIGION AND THE NEW ORDER IN AFGHANISTAN": Iran may intentionally be sending young men back, in the hope that they will then be recruited by the Taliban.
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AHMED RASHID, AUTHOR, "TALIBAN: ISLAM, OIL AND THE NEW GREAT GAME IN CENTRAL ASIA": It's very similar to what has been going on -- or what was going on in the early period of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
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The taliban - or people indistinguishable from the Taliban - is back in control of huge portions of the country.
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JOHN WALKER, TALIBAN FIGHTER: I was a student in Pakistan, studying Islam and I came in to contact with many people who were connected with the Taliban.
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JOHN WALKER, AMERICAN TALIBAN FIGHTER: I was a student in Pakistan studying Islam and I came into contact with many people who were connected with the Taliban.
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JOHN WALKER, TALIBAN FIGHTER: I was a student in Pakistan studying Islam and I came into contact with many people who were connected with the Taliban.
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JOHN WALKER, AMERICAN TALIBAN FIGHTER: The Taliban have separate branches in the army.
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JOHN WALKER, TALIBAN FIGHTER: I was a student in Pakistan, studying Islam and I came in to contact with many people who were connected with the Taliban.
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U.S. policy talks a big game about reconciling with the "small t taliban," but our conflation of the Taliban and al Qaeda blocks any serious attempt at a political settlement.
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