Taliban

plural noun

Tal·​i·​ban ˈtä-li-ˌbän 

ˈta-li-ˌban

: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan

Examples of Taliban in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fifth commission for the plinth on the High Line elevated park is an homage to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the pair of 6th-century colossi in central Afghanistan that the Taliban blew up in 2001. —Benjamin Sutton, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026

The country shares a northwestern border with Afghanistan, and many of its tribal areas are subject to Taliban influence. —Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026

The court sided with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. —Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Armed groups Chen Mechan and Taliban have joined forces with the group 400 Mawozo in clashes with groups operating in Pierre 6 and Terre Noire, in an effort to expand their territorial control. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Pashto & Persian ṭālibān, plural of ṭālib student, seeker, from Arabic

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Taliban

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan