Taliban
plural noun
Tal·i·ban
ˈtä-li-ˌbän 
ˈta-li-ˌban
: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
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Afghans are returning to a country suffering a humanitarian crisis, which has grown more dire since the Taliban seized power more than three years ago.
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Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 28 June 2025
Yousafzai became a public figure in 2012, when, at just 15 years old, she was shot in the head by the Taliban on the way home from school in Pakistan.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 26 June 2025
This followed the Taliban refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, the architect of 9/11.
—Andrea Stanton, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
Mahmood Shah Habibi, who worked for a telecommunications company in Kabul at the time of his disappearance, is thought to have been taken into custody by the Taliban.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 24 June 2025
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Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 28 June 2025
Yousafzai became a public figure in 2012, when, at just 15 years old, she was shot in the head by the Taliban on the way home from school in Pakistan.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 26 June 2025
This followed the Taliban refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, the architect of 9/11.
—Andrea Stanton, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
Mahmood Shah Habibi, who worked for a telecommunications company in Kabul at the time of his disappearance, is thought to have been taken into custody by the Taliban.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 24 June 2025
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“Taliban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Taliban. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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