Taliban
plural noun
Tal·i·ban
ˈtä-li-bän 
ˈta-li-ˌban
: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
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Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan three years ago, life for women has once again become much more difficult.
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Abc News, ABC News, 10 May 2024
After Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the Federicos enlisted the aid of a California lawmaker to reunite Mr. Zahiri with his wife and mother on U.S. soil.
—Daniel Langhorne, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
The Taliban has affirmed that stoning and public flogging would be used as a punishment for adulterers — especially women — according to an audio recording from Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's supreme leader.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 9 May 2024
There are legal ways to hold the Taliban to account, including the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty and other options.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 May 2024
Inspiring a Senate Bid: Sam Brown, a veteran and former Army captain, was left permanently scarred from a Taliban bomb in 2008.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
The three-part series offers surprising new insight into America’s longest war, exposing the failures and missteps that led to the Taliban’s stunning 2021 victory.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Afghanistan will instead be represented by an ambassador appointed by the previous U.S.-backed government, which the Taliban ousted in 2021.
—Fox News, 29 Apr. 2024
The teenager decided to leave after the Taliban took over in August 2021.
—Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
Abc News, ABC News, 10 May 2024
After Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the Federicos enlisted the aid of a California lawmaker to reunite Mr. Zahiri with his wife and mother on U.S. soil.
—Daniel Langhorne, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
The Taliban has affirmed that stoning and public flogging would be used as a punishment for adulterers — especially women — according to an audio recording from Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's supreme leader.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 9 May 2024
There are legal ways to hold the Taliban to account, including the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty and other options.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 May 2024
Inspiring a Senate Bid: Sam Brown, a veteran and former Army captain, was left permanently scarred from a Taliban bomb in 2008.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
The three-part series offers surprising new insight into America’s longest war, exposing the failures and missteps that led to the Taliban’s stunning 2021 victory.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Afghanistan will instead be represented by an ambassador appointed by the previous U.S.-backed government, which the Taliban ousted in 2021.
—Fox News, 29 Apr. 2024
The teenager decided to leave after the Taliban took over in August 2021.
—Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
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