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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Wiktionary
Talibannoun
A Taliban militia.
Talibannoun
A member of the Taliban movement or its militia.
Talibannoun
A Sunni Islamic student movement in Afghanistan; organized in 1994 by the radical mullah "Mohammad Omar"
Etymology: From ("students" or "seekers"), a Pashto plural of Arabic ("seeker", "student").
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The numerical value of Taliban in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of Taliban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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More recently the TTP has had high level defections to ISIS, the leaders taking their fighters with them, iSIS is focused on an Afghan fight, and the TTP have brought significant fire power with them to help ISIS grow. But in this region the Taliban is still dominant.
The Taliban has made public commitments broadcast on television and radio across Afghanistan on safe passage for anyone wanting to leave, including those who worked alongside Americans, we don't take them by their word alone. But by their actions. And we have leverage to make sure those commitments are met.
All in all, various social media platforms and messaging applications have had a vital role in the Taliban's media strategy.
I told myself,' One of us must start... If we stay in our houses or don't go to our offices, they will say the ladies don't want to work,' but I said to myself,' Start working,' and I said to the Taliban member,' We want our rights. We want to work. We want — we must — be in society. This is our right.
Pakistan's military and its intelligence agency are the forces behind the Taliban, and that prevents me from being hopeful.
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