![]() ![]() The Taliban held control of most of the country until being overthrown after the United States invasion of Afghanistan in December 2001. The Taliban's government was opposed by the Northern Alliance militia, which seized parts of northeast Afghanistan and largely maintained international recognition as a continuation of the interim Islamic State of Afghanistan. In 1996, the group administered roughly three-quarters of the country, and established the First Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Under the leadership of Mullah Omar ( r. 1996–2001), the movement spread throughout most of Afghanistan, shifting power away from the Mujahideen warlords. The Taliban emerged in September 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students ( ṭālib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who had been educated in traditional Islamic schools ( madāris). The Taliban government has been criticized for restricting human rights in Afghanistan, including the right of women and girls to work and to have an education. However, its government is not recognized by any country. ![]() It recaptured Kabul on 15 August 2021 following the departure of most coalition forces, after nearly 20 years of insurgency, and currently controls all of the country. It ruled approximately three-quarters of the country from 1996 to 2001, before being overthrown following the American invasion. ![]() The Taliban ( / ˈ t æ l ɪ b æ n, ˈ t ɑː l ɪ b ɑː n/ Pashto: طالبان, romanized: ṭālibān, lit.'students' or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist and Pashtun nationalist militant political movement in Afghanistan. ![]()
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