Taliban

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Islamist militant movement armed group political movement

The Taliban is an Islamist militant and political movement originating in Afghanistan, known for its strict interpretation of Sharia law and its long-running insurgency against Afghan governments and international forces.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Taliban canonical 90
Taliban forces 5
Taliban (various periods) 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist militant movement ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
activeInConflict Afghan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Afghan civil war

Afghan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan (1996–2001)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
alliedWith al-Qaeda ⓘ
surface form: al-Qaeda (historically)
controlsTerritoryIn Afghanistan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Afghanistan ⓘ
dateOfFirstCaptureOfKabul 1996 ⓘ
dateOfSecondCaptureOfKabul 2021-08-15 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas ⓘ
enforcesDressCodeOn women ⓘ
foundedIn 1994 ⓘ
foundedInCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
foundedInLocation Kandahar ⓘ
founder Mullah Mohammad Omar ⓘ
governingEntityName Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasArmedWing Taliban insurgency forces ⓘ
hasFaction Haqqani network ⓘ
hasPoliticalWing Taliban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto government, 2021– )
ideology Deobandi Sunni Islam ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ
interpretationOfSharia strict ⓘ
knownFor destruction of cultural heritage ⓘ
public corporal punishment ⓘ
religious police ⓘ
strict gender segregation ⓘ
leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ⓘ
opposedBy Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

NATO ⓘ
Northern Alliance ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
previousLeader Akhtar Mansour ⓘ
Hibatullah Akhundzada ⓘ
surface form: Haibatullah Akhundzada

Mullah Mohammad Omar ⓘ
primaryLanguageUsed Pashto ⓘ
regionOfActivity Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
religiousOrientation Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousSchool Deobandi Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Deobandi
restricts freedom of expression ⓘ
women’s education ⓘ
women’s employment ⓘ
secondaryLanguageUsed Dari ⓘ
tookControlOfCapital Kabul ⓘ
usesLegalSystem Sharia law ⓘ
yearOfDestructionOfBamiyanBuddhas 2001 ⓘ

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Global War on Terrorism → primaryAdversary → Taliban ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haqqani network
GWOT → keyTarget → Taliban ⓘ
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 → authorizesUseOfForceAgainst → Taliban ⓘ
Taliban → hasPoliticalWing → Taliban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto government, 2021– )
I Am Malala → mainSubject → Taliban ⓘ
I Am Malala → hasSubject → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban in Pakistan
Christina Lamb → coveredTopic → Taliban ⓘ
He Named Me Malala → topic → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban in Pakistan
Northern Alliance → opposedTo → Taliban ⓘ
Afghan National Army → opponent → Taliban ⓘ
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel → opponent → Taliban ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul → combatant → Taliban ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul → opposedBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban military forces
2001 fall of Kabul → relatedTo → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban government (1996–2001)
Doha Agreement (2020) → party → Taliban ⓘ
Fall of Kabul (2021) → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Battle of Tora Bora → combatant → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban-aligned forces
Ashraf Ghani → succeededBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban de facto leadership
Osama bin Laden → associatedWith → Taliban ⓘ
Islamic State – Khorasan Province → opposes → Taliban ⓘ
Islamic State – Khorasan Province → enemyOf → Taliban ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom → aimedAt → Taliban ⓘ
Afghan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Taliban ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Afghan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Taliban ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
Afghan Civil War → majorCombatant → Taliban ⓘ
Afghan conflicts → mainBelligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Kandahar → controlledBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban (various periods)
Mohammad Najibullah → killedBy → Taliban ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud → killedBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban-linked militants
Ahmad Shah Massoud → opponent → Taliban ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces) → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Jalaluddin Haqqani → alliedWith → Taliban ⓘ
subject surface form: Haqqani network
Jalaluddin Haqqani → alliedWith → Taliban ⓘ
Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) → excludedGroup → Taliban ⓘ
Helmand Province, Afghanistan → controlledBy → Taliban ⓘ
subject surface form: Helmand Province
this entity surface form: Taliban (various periods)
Battle of Sangin → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Battle of Sangin → involvedForce → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban insurgents
Battle of Sangin → hasMainAdversary → Taliban ⓘ
Operation Panther’s Claw → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Battle of Kajaki → belligerent → Taliban ⓘ
Mullah Mohammad Omar → movement → Taliban ⓘ
Mullah Mohammad Omar → founded → Taliban ⓘ
Bamiyan Buddhas → destroyedBy → Taliban ⓘ
Haqqani network → alliedWith → Taliban ⓘ
Haqqani network → partOf → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban movement
Haqqani network → partOf → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban security apparatus
Hibatullah Akhundzada → memberOf → Taliban ⓘ
Hibatullah Akhundzada → appointedBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban leadership council