Taliban

[tal-uh-ban]

noun

1. a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan.

Taliban

/ ˈtælɪbæn /

noun

1. (in Afghanistan) a fundamentalist Islamic army: in 1996 it defeated the ruling mujaheddin factions and seized control of the country; overthrown in 2001 by US-led forces, although reistance continues, esp in the south

Word History and Origins

Origin of Taliban¹

C20: from Arabic tāliban seekers

Example Sentences

In 2021, it became the first African country to accept Afghan refugees evacuated after the Taliban ousted the Kabul government.

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Officials said that before coming to the United States, Lakanwal had served in a CIA-backed Afghan "partner force" unit fighting the Taliban.

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The scheme was launched in August 2021 under the Biden administration to resettle "vulnerable" Afghans after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in the same year.

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"Twenty years of Afghan-US partnership must not be forgotten," the coalition's statement said, nodding to the two-decade effort launched by the US in 2001 to overthrow Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and establish security in the country.

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He added that he had been brought to the United States as part of a program to evacuate Afghans who had worked with the agency after the Taliban toppled the American-backed government in 2021.

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