Taliban

The Taliban was a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist movement which effectively ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 when the United States assisted them until 2001, when United States forces invaded Afganistan and overthrew them.

The word "taliban" means "students"

The reason for invasion was that the Taliban had ties to al-Qaida (a militant Sunni Islamist organization), the group that is held responsible for the attacks on America, September 11th, 2001.

The Taliban's rule has been characterized by the fact that women could not be educated, and that the leaders were fanatically intolerant of other religions.

In addition, the Taliban had banned all forms of television, imagery, music and sports, which resulted in Afganistan being suspended from the year 2000 Olympics.