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Taliban



Who they are >
 * The Taliban are Sunni Muslims from Afghanistan's Pashtun tribes.
 * They took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996 and ruled until 2001 when the U.S. invasion drove them from power.
 * Talib is an Arabic word, meaning "someone who is seeking religious knowledge"

What their goals were >> Taliban's rise to power
 * Their Goals were to:
 * disarm Afghanistan
 * end lawlessness
 * enforce the Islamic law


 * It occurred in 1944 when Afghanistan underwent a civil war.


 * In Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, roughly two thirds of the population was whiped out by the Taliban summing up about 50,000 deaths.

What they did
 * The Taliban leaders:
 * banned music
 * shut down cinemas
 * burned the films
 * destroyed television sets, radios, pictures, cassetts
 * Men had to grow full untrimmed beards.
 * Women had to cover themselves from head to toe in burkas.
 * If you were dressed improperly, you were beaten.
 * Girls could no longer go to school and women could no longer work outside of their homes.
 * They had strick and inhumane rules
 * cut hands of theives
 * stoned to death if committed adultery



Everyone was first supportive of the Taliban because they were suppose to restore order in Afghanistan after many years of corruption.

Women
 * The Amnesty International is responsible for the Human Rights in Afghanistan, they described women's conditions in 1995 as:
 * "Women and girls all over Afghanistan live in constant fear of being raped by armed guards. For years, armed guards have been allowed to torture them in this way without fear of reprimand from their leaders. In fact, rape is apparently condoned by most leaders as a means of terrorizing conquered populations and/or rewarding soldiers."
 * The Taliban see women as useless human beings and only good for:
 * producing children
 * satisfying male sexual needs
 * doing housework

The Taliban and El Qaeda are **NOT** the same!!!!

Hazaras
 * The Taliban's policy is to exterminate the Hazaras.