Taliban
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The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to themselves by their state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the Afghan ruling government, as well as a po
President Ronald Reagan meeting with Afghan Mujahideen leaders in the Oval Office in 1983
The Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, India, where the Deobandi movement began
Taller Buddha in 1963 and in 2008 after destruction
November 1999 public execution in Kabul of a mother of five who was found guilty of killing her husband with an axe while he slept
Haqqani network
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The Haqqani network is an Islamist Afghan group, built around the family of the same name, that has used asymmetric warfare in Afghanistan to fight against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and US-led NATO
Insurgent regions in Afghanistan and border regions of Pakistan, as of 2010
Insurgent routes of infiltration from training camps in Pakistan