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The '''Taliban''' ("students" in Arabic) are an [[Islam]]ic [[fundamentalist]]<ref>http://standupforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/taliban-shooting.jpg</ref> movement which exercised rule over most of [[Afghanistan]] from 1996 until 2001, when [[United States]] forces in conjunction with NATO (See: [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]]) invaded Afghanistan and removed them from their center of power .<ref> Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely said, "We took down the Taliban in the fall of 2001, in 34 days with 100 men." [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001&template=nextpage] </ref> The cause for the American invasion (See: [[Invasion of Afghanistan]]) was the assertion that the Taliban either passively or actively allowed [[al-Qaeda]] (a militant international Islamist terrorist organization)(See: [[Islamic Terrorism]]) use of Afghanian territory to plot, train, and conduct terrorist activities across sovereign international borders.

The '''Taliban''' ("students" in Pashto) are an [[Islam]]ic [[fundamentalist]]<ref>http://standupforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/taliban-shooting.jpg</ref> movement which exercised rule over most of [[Afghanistan]] from 1996 until 2001, when [[United States]] forces in conjunction with NATO (See: [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]]) invaded Afghanistan and removed them from their center of power .<ref> Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely said, "We took down the Taliban in the fall of 2001, in 34 days with 100 men." [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080303/NATION/250209854/1001&template=nextpage] </ref> The cause for the American invasion (See: [[Invasion of Afghanistan]]) was the assertion that the Taliban either passively or actively allowed [[al-Qaeda]] (a militant international Islamist terrorist organization)(See: [[Islamic Terrorism]]) use of Afghanian territory to plot, train, and conduct terrorist activities across sovereign international borders.

The Taliban fighters were educated in [[wahhabist]] "madrassahs" (religious schools) in [[Pakistan]] (See: [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]), which explains the strong connection with neighboring Pakistani provinces. Education in a Wahhabist "madrassahs" emphasises the theological role of religious war ("[[Jihad]]") , to be waged defensively in the case of invasion into "muslim land", or offensively at the call of the [[Caliph]].

The Taliban fighters were educated in [[wahhabist]] "madrassahs" (religious schools) in [[Pakistan]] (See: [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]), which explains the strong connection with neighboring Pakistani provinces. Education in a Wahhabist "madrassahs" emphasises the theological role of religious war ("[[Jihad]]") , to be waged defensively in the case of invasion into "muslim land", or offensively at the call of the [[Caliph]].