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Taliban
[ tal-uh-ban ]
noun
- a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan.
Taliban
/ ˈ³Ùæ±ôɪ²úæ²Ô /
noun
- (in Afghanistan) a fundamentalist Islamic army: in 1996 it defeated the ruling mujaheddin factions and seized control of the country; overthrown in 2001 by US-led forces, although reistance continues, esp in the south
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Taliban1
Example Sentences
The Taliban gang has its stronghold in Canaan, a suburb in the north of Port-au-Prince.
Ms Hall is the fourth US citizen released by the Taliban since January after Qatar brokered an agreement with them.
The dropping of bounties by the US government is evidence that its stature is also growing externally, among parts of the international community keen to engage with the Taliban.
Nadim fled Afghanistan for Europe with her mother and four sisters when she was 11 after her father was executed by the Taliban.
The Taliban government originally suggested the prohibition would be temporary, pending the fulfilment of certain conditions, such as an "Islamic" curriculum.
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