Definitions for Taliban
tal·iban

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Taliban, Talebannoun

   a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government

   "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Talibannoun

   A Taliban militia.

2. Talibannoun

   A member of the Taliban movement or its militia.

3. Talibannoun

   A Sunni Islamic student movement in Afghanistan; organized in 1994 by the radical mullah "Mohammad Omar"

4. Etymology: From ("students" or "seekers"), a Pashto plural of Arabic ("seeker", "student").

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1. • Religious Movement

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1. nailbat

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Taliban in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Taliban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Taliban in a Sentence

1. President Ashraf Ghani:

   In order to provide security for public places and to thwart attacks and threats from the Taliban and other terrorist groups, I am ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defence mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies.

2. President Ashraf Ghani:

   There is no such thing as the Taliban after the death of Mullah Omar, there are groups of Taliban and we will engage in talking with some of them and if some of them would like to come through the mediation of Pakistan, that's something that we need to talk about.

3. Michael Kugelman:

   U.S. policy in Afghanistan is so confused right now because on the one hand we're hearing the messaging from Washington and particularly Trump about our endless wars, that it could be time to leave sooner or later, on the other hand, you have U.S. military forces stepping up their pressure on the Taliban in more intense ways than ever before.

4. Habib Jan:

   This isn't once or twice, it's the fourth or fifth time, all by the Taliban. A lot of my friends, a lot of my family have been wounded or killed, our young people have been killed, our children have been killed, our old men have been killed, our girls have been killed. What can we do?

5. Jason Crow:

   Mohammed was driving to work with his 10-year-old son, when a Taliban vehicle stopped in front of him, assassins jumped out and gunned him down in front of his son, all the while, those assassins yelled out, quote,' where are the American forces to save you ? Where are their helicopters ? Where are their airplanes ? You helped them for a decade. Where are they now ?'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Taliban
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taliban