Taliban
plural noun
Tal·i·ban
ˈtä-li-ˌbän 
ˈta-li-ˌban
: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
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After the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, in 2021, the Biden Administration kept almost thirty thousand Afghan refugees, including children, on military bases for months at a time.
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Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Under that order, Yaser Hamdi, who was an American citizen, was detained in U.S. military facilities without being charged, without legal counsel or the possibility of court hearings after being accused of fighting for the Taliban against the United States.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Additional awards in Afghanistan, including awards targeting healthcare, were terminated based on longstanding and credible concerns that U.S. foreign assistance funding was benefiting the Taliban, a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
That includes Afghans in Pakistan, such as those who will face persecution by the Taliban because of their Christian faith or because of their service to the U.S. military.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Under that order, Yaser Hamdi, who was an American citizen, was detained in U.S. military facilities without being charged, without legal counsel or the possibility of court hearings after being accused of fighting for the Taliban against the United States.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Additional awards in Afghanistan, including awards targeting healthcare, were terminated based on longstanding and credible concerns that U.S. foreign assistance funding was benefiting the Taliban, a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
That includes Afghans in Pakistan, such as those who will face persecution by the Taliban because of their Christian faith or because of their service to the U.S. military.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Taliban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Taliban. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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