War against the Taliban (1996–2001)

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armed conflict civil war guerrilla war

The War against the Taliban (1996–2001) was the protracted civil and guerrilla conflict in Afghanistan in which the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, led militarily by Ahmad Shah Massoud and others, resisted the Taliban regime’s control of most of the country until the U.S.-led intervention in 2001.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Anti-Taliban resistance war (1996–2001)	1
Taliban regime 1996–2001	1
War against the Taliban (1996–2001) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ guerrilla war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	War against the Taliban (1996–2001) ⓘ surface form: Anti-Taliban resistance war (1996–2001) War against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan ⓘ
cause	Taliban attempt to consolidate control over all of Afghanistan ⓘ Taliban capture of Kabul in 1996 ⓘ
characterizedBy	ethnic and factional divisions ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ protracted front-line warfare in northern Afghanistan ⓘ
conflictType	Afghan civil war phase ⓘ
endedBy	Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ surface form: U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan in late 2001
endTime	2001 ⓘ
followedBy	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: United States invasion of Afghanistan (2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
keyCommander	Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ Ismail Khan ⓘ Mohammad Fahim ⓘ Mohammad Mohaqiq ⓘ Mullah Mohammad Omar ⓘ
linkedTo	rise of al-Qaeda bases in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan ⓘ
location	Afghanistan ⓘ
majorTheater	Badakhshan Province ONNED1 ⓘ Herat region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazar-i-Sharif region NERFINISHED ⓘ Panjshir Valley ⓘ Takhar Province ⓘ
notableEvent	Taliban capture of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998 ⓘ Taliban offensive against the Shomali Plain ⓘ assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud on 9 September 2001 ⓘ
opposingForce	Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) Taliban ⓘ surface form: Taliban Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
partOf	Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan civil war Afghan conflicts ⓘ surface form: Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
precededBy	Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan civil war (1992–1996)
primaryBelligerent	Northern Alliance ⓘ Taliban ⓘ
result	Northern Alliance retained control of parts of northern and northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ Taliban regime weakened but remained in control of Kabul until 2001 ⓘ
startTime	1996 ⓘ
supportedBy	India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabian individuals and networks ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ al-Qaeda ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ahmad Shah Massoud → conflict → War against the Taliban (1996–2001) ⓘ

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → claimsContinuityWith → War against the Taliban (1996–2001) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taliban regime 1996–2001

War against the Taliban (1996–2001) → alsoKnownAs → War against the Taliban (1996–2001) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Taliban resistance war (1996–2001)