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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Taliban in Pakistan 2
Haqqani network 1
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto government, 2021– ) 1

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 (35)

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

subject surface form: Haqqani network
this entity surface form: Haqqani network
2001 fall of Kabul → combatant → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban-aligned forces
Kandahar → controlledBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban (various periods)
Christina Lamb → coveredTopic → Taliban ⓘ
Taliban → hasPoliticalWing → Taliban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (de facto government, 2021– )
I Am Malala → hasSubject → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban in Pakistan
GWOT → keyTarget → Taliban ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud → killedBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban-linked militants
Mohammad Najibullah → killedBy → Taliban ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
I Am Malala → mainSubject → Taliban ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud → opponent → Taliban ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul → opposedBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban military forces
Northern Alliance → opposedTo → Taliban ⓘ
Doha Agreement (2020) → party → Taliban ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul → relatedTo → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban government (1996–2001)
Ashraf Ghani → succeededBy → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban de facto leadership
He Named Me Malala → topic → Taliban ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taliban in Pakistan