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The Taliban's rule was characterized by a fanatical intolerance for other religions and the fact that women could not be educated. Additionally, the Taliban banned all forms of television, imagery, music and sports, resulting in Afganistan being suspended from the 2000 Olympics. The Taliban were also strongly against [[drugs]]; since their overthrow [[heroin]] production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer. {{fact}} | The Taliban's rule was characterized by a fanatical intolerance for other religions and the fact that women could not be educated. Additionally, the Taliban banned all forms of television, imagery, music and sports, resulting in Afganistan being suspended from the 2000 Olympics. The Taliban were also strongly against [[drugs]]; since their overthrow [[heroin]] production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer. {{fact}} | ||
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Revision as of 01:59, May 24, 2007
The Taliban is 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 Taliban allowed al-Qaeda (a militant Sunni Islamist organization) use of Afghan territory to plot, train, and conduct terrorist activities across sovereign international borders. The Taliban retains control of substantial tracts of Afghanistan to this day, and continues to co-ordinate attacks against the Afghan government and supporting coalition forces.
The word "taliban" means "students".
The Taliban's rule was characterized by a fanatical intolerance for other religions and the fact that women could not be educated. Additionally, the Taliban banned all forms of television, imagery, music and sports, resulting in Afganistan being suspended from the 2000 Olympics. The Taliban were also strongly against drugs; since their overthrow heroin production in Afghanistan has increased massively and the country is now once again the world's largest producer.[Citation Needed]
