A militant Islamic political group called the Taliban (aka Taliban) gained control over most of Afghanistan in the mid-1990.
The Taliban group wanted to unite the Islamic state.
Taliban means seekers after knowledge and refers to the group's origin in Islamic schools.
The Taliban enforced some very strict Islamic Laws also known as the Shari Laws; some of the General Rules are...
Prevent sedition by dressing the female in a veil.
Prevent music and music with drums and dances in wedding parties.
Muslim Law Punishment
Prevent beard shaving and its cutting.
Prevent keeping pigeons and playing with birds
Prevent kite-flying. The kite shops in the city should be abolished.
Prevent having any pictures.
Prevent gambling.
Eliminate the use of narcotics.
Preventing interest on loans and other charge
Prevent young ladies washing cloth along the water streams in the city.
Prevent women from getting an education or working outside the house.
Prevent tailor sewing ladies cloth and taking female body measures.
Prevent not praying and order gathering pray at the bazaar.
The most original aims were to restore peace, disarm the population, enforce Shari law and defend the integrity and Islamic character of Afghanistan.
Only 3 countries recognized the Taliban as a legal government.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
History
Taliban fought to end the lawlessness and suffering from years of civil war in Afghanistan, since 1989 by the struggles for power.
In April 1992 Mujahideen (Freedom Fighters formed by U.S., Pakistan, China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia) drive Soviet forces out of Afghanistan.
So they drew forces form Afghan and Pakistani Muslim students, Afghan refugees (who fled to Pakistan), former rebel fighters, and former Communist soldiers to create the Taliban.
In September 1994 The Taliban are appointed by Pakistan to protect a trade, but quickly emerge as one of the strongest factions.
By the mid-1990's, the Taliban gained prominence as a faction in 1994 when they were able to impose order amid chaos in the Kandahar region.
From 1994 onward the Taliban seize to control Afghanistan. In November 1994, the Taliban seize control of the second most largest city, Kandahar. Throughout 1995 the Taliban strengthen their control over the southern Afghanistan and took the western city of Herat.
By September 1996, Taliban forces had entered Kabul, overthrown then-president Burhanuddin Rabbani and forced a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Some of the people in Kabul fled others citizens in Kabul are waited to see if the Taliban can unite the country after decades of internal conflict.
In 1997, Taliban authorities changed the official name of the country to the Islamic State of Afghanistan.
Latest Map of Taliban Control over Afghanistan
In 1998 United State accused Taliban for hiding Osama bin Laden, who was connected with the terrorist attacks against two U.S. embassies in Africa.
In 2001, the 9/11 happened and United States Accused bin Laden of carrying out attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon Building near Washington D.C..
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Taliban in the Kite Runner
Taliban Connection Facts
1
“When the Northern Alliance took over Kabul between 1992 and 1996, different fractions claimed different parts of Kabul” (199).
The Northern Alliance is a military-political umbrella organization created by the states of Afghanistan. This group was made to fight the Taliban.
2
“’When the Taliban rolled in and kicked the Alliance out of Kabul, I actually danced on that street,’ Rahim Khan said” (200).
The Taliban entered Kabul in 1996, the citizen of Kabul thought nothing could be worst then the Northern Alliance so when the Taliban came they thought there would be peace again.
3
“… the Taliban banned kite fighting” (213).
Kite fighting was banned in Afghanistan from 1994 to 2002 because the Taliban it is an activity that took the minds of people away from the fundamental Islamic beliefs and codes of conduct being emphasized by the Mullahs at the time.
4
“In 1998, the massacred the Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif” (213).
In September of 1997 the Taliban went on a rage and massacred about 2000 Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif.
5
“Farzana asked the vendor how much the potatoes cost, but he did not hear her…So her asked louder and suddenly a young Talib ran over and hit her on the thighs with his wooden stick…He screamed at her… saying Ministry of Vice and Virtue does not allow women to speak loudly” (216).
Vice and Virtue Ministry was a government of the Taliban in Afghanistan. They set and enforced the rules and laws required to be followed in society.
Discussion Question
Why do the Taliban want to kill the Hazaras? How do you feel about the Massacre?
Taliban Control in the late '90s
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