Taliban meaning and definition

(Ar. Students) Islamic fundamentalist militants who came to power in Afghanistan in 1995 and were expelled from the country a few years later by American and native forces.

Afghanistan based group. Said to have harboured Al Quaeda and allowed their training camps. Noted for their severe Islamic beliefs and their repression of women's rights. Lesser known for being one of the few of the many tribes in Afghanistan to have held the entire country securely for any period of time. Pro-US troops during the Cold War, succesfully defended against cold war-USSR for many many years.

Al Qa'ida Low life filth which resided in Afghanistan.

a political movement started back in 1994 in an attempt to stabilize the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan which was in the middle of severe tribal conflict between the Government and factions of the Mujihadin following the withdrawal of Soviet forces in 1989. The taliban came to power in 1996 after fighting a massive civil war which forced President Rabbini from power, Its leader was a shadowly figure named Mullah Omar. Once in power Mullah Omar implemented an extremely harsh and absolutely severe - even by fundamentalist islamic standards - form of Shariah Law. Televisions, movie theatres, sports, alcohol, music (except islamic prayer music) and Kite flying where all banned but it was the severe oppression of women and there policy on severely limiting there rights which won them condemnation and criticism. in March 2001 the Taliban blew up the 2000 year old Buddhist statues in Baymian province and recieved severe condemnation, However it was the 9/11 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon which began the Talibans downfall, Because they where hiding Al Qaida fugitives including its supreme leader osama bin ladenin undisclosed locations of Afghanistan, The USA Sent troops to hunt down Osama and cripple the taliban regime, as a result rebel pro-us northern alliance forces removed the taliban late in 2001. today the taliban are crippled but have not been wiped out and mullah omar and his bum chum osama bin laden remain at large.

A group of backwards morons residing in Afghanistan who think they're being good Muslims by causing bloodshed and oppressing women when they are actually giving the rest of the 99.9% of Muslims a bad name just the Muslim version of the Neocons

The reason Bin Laden couldn't watch Al-Jazeera.

It's worth noting that the word Taliban, which is commonly a reference to a specific group of Muslim terrorists, comes from the Arabic root Ta-la-ba, which means to search, seek, or request. More specifically, the word comes from "Talib," meaning a student or pupil. The name Taliban was probably chosen because the people of this group view themselves as students of Islam.