Taliban
plural noun
Tal·i·ban
ˈtä-li-bän 
ˈta-li-ˌban
: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan will instead be represented by an ambassador appointed by the previous U.S.-backed government, which the Taliban ousted in 2021.
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Fox News, 29 Apr. 2024
The teenager decided to leave after the Taliban took over in August 2021.
—Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
Inspiring a Senate Bid: Sam Brown, a veteran and former Army captain, was left permanently scarred from a Taliban bomb in 2008.
—Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The filmmaker also expresses frustration that the plight of oppressed women in Afghanistan fell off the global media’s radar after the Taliban came to power in 2021.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban and Sadat, Aziz Deldar, DoP and co-producer of the documentary, who is also her husband, and the film’s characters were exiled.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and, while the Taliban was out of power, Afghanistan all agreed to U.S. intervention.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In Qatar, host to both a massive U.S. air base and a Taliban office, balancing acts are a court tradition.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The review team addressed several other issues, substantiating testimony from rank-and-file troops who observed Taliban fighters outside the airport abusing and killing civilians attempting to flee the country.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Fox News, 29 Apr. 2024
The teenager decided to leave after the Taliban took over in August 2021.
—Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
Inspiring a Senate Bid: Sam Brown, a veteran and former Army captain, was left permanently scarred from a Taliban bomb in 2008.
—Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The filmmaker also expresses frustration that the plight of oppressed women in Afghanistan fell off the global media’s radar after the Taliban came to power in 2021.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban and Sadat, Aziz Deldar, DoP and co-producer of the documentary, who is also her husband, and the film’s characters were exiled.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and, while the Taliban was out of power, Afghanistan all agreed to U.S. intervention.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In Qatar, host to both a massive U.S. air base and a Taliban office, balancing acts are a court tradition.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The review team addressed several other issues, substantiating testimony from rank-and-file troops who observed Taliban fighters outside the airport abusing and killing civilians attempting to flee the country.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
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