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Taliban
Meaning : Taliban is derived from Arabic word ‘Talib’ means a student.
Year of foundation : 1989
Opeation : September 1994
Faith : Wahabi Deobandi
Political view : Pashtun Nationalism, Dictatorial Khilafat
Countries : Pakistan, Afghanistan
Leader : Mulla Omar, Mulla Obaidullah Aukhwand
Number : 7000 to 11000 (according to the statistics of 2008)
Original shape : Students of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Allied groups : Al Qaeda, Hizb-e-Islami (Gulbadin Hikmat Yar group),
Hizb-e-Inqilab-e-Islami (Maulvi Ghulam Nabi
Mohammadi), Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan
Operational method : Taliban consider democracy and other political systems as
un-Islamic and elect their President by Baiah (oath) and
call him ‘Amirul Momineen’.
Beginning : In February 1989 when Soviet Union after ten years of
Afghanistan occupation called back its last force, civil war
like situation emerged in Afghanistan. Afghanistan was
totally destroyed economically and socially. Afghan
fighters came to the forefront to resolve the crisis and to
lead the country. Thousands of Afghan orphans and
homeless children were brought up in Pakistani Madrasas.
Saudi and Pak administrations, after providing them full
financial support, made these students of Madrasas Islamic
fighters.
Training : Taliban were given army training by Pak ISI.
Historical view of Taliban
Rule on Afghanistan : 1996-2001
Diplomatic relations : UAE, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia (which accepted the rule
of Taliban)
September 5, 1995 : Capture of Herat
1996 : Osama bin Laden came to Afghanistan from Saudi Arabia
on the invitation of Northern Alliance leader Abdur Rab
Rasool Saiyaf
May 25, 1997 : Pakistan accepts Taliban as the legal government of
Afghanistan
May 26, 1997 : Saudi Arab also acknoledges Taliban as the legal
government of Afghanistan
August 8, 1998 : Capture of Mazar-e-Sharif
August 20, 1998 : America releases orders to attack four places of
Afghanistan
1997 : Cultivation of Opium banned
July 27, 2000 : Opium cultivation banned
2001 : Pleased with the deduction of Opium product America
gives crores of dollars to Taliban
1997-2001 : Trained Al Qaeda militants continue to join Taliban
September 22, 2001 : UAE and Saudi Arab break their diplomatic relations with
Taliban after the alleged involvement of Taliban and
Osama in 9/11 conspiracy
Otober 7, 2001 : America attacks Taliban with the help of NATO forces and Britain
October 9, 2001 : Capture of Mazar-e-Sharif by America
January 16, 2002 : UN Security Council bans all the assets and arms linked to
bin Laden and Taliban
November 21, 2001 : Defeat of Taliban in Kabul
December 9, 2001 : Taliban cleared completely from Afghanistan
December 22, 2001 : Hamid Karzai appointed as the head or interim government
of Afghanistan
January, 2002 : Taliban acknoledges interim government
Recent attacks of Taliban
December 27, 2007 : Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and 20 others were
killed during a suicide bomb and gun attack at Rawalpindi
January 10, 2008 : A suicide bomber explodes himself outside Lahore High
Court, killing 24 and injurying many others
February 29, 2008 : 40 killed and nearly 60 injured during a suicide attack in
Swat valley, on the funeral of a police official
March 11, 2008 : A seven storeyed Police Head Quarter and a building was
attacked in Lahore in which 24 people killed and more than
200 injured
August 21, 2008 : A suicided bomber blew himself outside an arms
manufacturing factory and killed 67 people and injured 100
September 6, 2008 : Suicide bomb attack on a check point near Peshawar, 35
killed, 80 injured
September 20, 2008 : A heavy suicide bomb explosion in Mariet Hotel,
Islamabad, 54 killed and 250 injured
November 26-28, 2008: Ten attackers (suspected as Pak nationals) targeted big
hotels, Jewish centre and many other places of Mumbai and
killed more than 164 people
March 3, 2009 : Gunmen attacked Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore,
injurying many players, 6 Police officials including a driver
dead
March 27, 2009 : A suicide bomber attacks a mosque in the Northwest area
of Jamrud, 50 people were killed
March 30, 2009 : A gunman attacks a Police Academy on the outskirts of
Lahore with rifles and granades
May 27, 2009 : A suicide bomber targets buildings, homes and offices of
secret agencies in which 30 people killed and 250 injured
June 9, 2009 : Heavy explosion in a five star hotel of Peshawar, 11 killed
and 70 wounded
June 12, 2009 : Heavy explosion in Jamia Naimia, 11 dead and dozens
wounded. Sarfarza Naimi, the famous religious leader who
gave fatwa against Taliban was also killed in this attack.
June 12, 2009 : Suicide attack on the mosque of military supply depot of
Naushehra, 4 security officials killed and more than 80
injured
