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==History==

==History==

The Taliban was founded by former Pakistani Interior Minister Naseerullah Babar and the [[Inter-Services Intelligence]].<ref>https://archive.org/details/limitsofculturei0000unse/page/267</ref><ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Falling_Terrorism_and_Rising_Conflicts/rpIsheVoC9QC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA4&printsec=frontcover</ref>Naseerullah Babar, himself, admitted in 1999, "We created the Taliban."<ref>https://thediplomat.com/2014/06/the-isis-great-game-in-afghanistan/</ref>, The Taliban connection to the Mujahadeen weakened following the Soviet withdrawal and Afghan civil war. The majority of the Taliban leadership were born during the brutal Soviet occupation, and educated at Saudi funded Wahhabist madrassas. The majority of Mujadaeen appear to have taken on the Jihadist ideology as a unifying tool against the Soviets - nothing more. The Taliban however took on the Jihadist ideology as a way of life and subsequently fought a war with the remnants of the communist government and the warlords to gain control of Afghanistan by late 1996.  

The Taliban was founded by former Pakistani Interior Minister Naseerullah Babar and the [[Inter-Services Intelligence]].<ref>https://archive.org/details/limitsofculturei0000unse/page/267</ref><ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Falling_Terrorism_and_Rising_Conflicts/rpIsheVoC9QC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA4&printsec=frontcover</ref>Naseerullah Babar, himself, admitted in 1999, "We created the Taliban."<ref>https://thediplomat.com/2014/06/the-isis-great-game-in-afghanistan/</ref> The Taliban recruited members from madrassas in Pakistan. On November 3, 1994, the Taliban took control of Kandahar city in a surprise attack, losing only a dozen men in the fight.  

The Taliban had close links to separatist Islamic insurgents in the [[Russian Federation]] province of [[Chechnya]], who waged [[Chechen Wars]] in 1994 and 2000 against the Russian government. Chechen fighters solidified the link to their Taliban allies by aiding them in their current struggle against the NATO occupation. Anecdotally, it has been noted that the Chechnyans are valued by the Taliban military commanders, as they have extensive training and experience in the operation of Soviet heavy weapons against high value targets. .<ref>http://muslimvillage.net/story.php?id=370</ref>

The Taliban had close links to separatist Islamic insurgents in the [[Russian Federation]] province of [[Chechnya]], who waged [[Chechen Wars]] in 1994 and 2000 against the Russian government. Chechen fighters solidified the link to their Taliban allies by aiding them in their current struggle against the NATO occupation. Anecdotally, it has been noted that the Chechnyans are valued by the Taliban military commanders, as they have extensive training and experience in the operation of Soviet heavy weapons against high value targets. .<ref>http://muslimvillage.net/story.php?id=370</ref>