CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement founded in the early 1990s that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until October 2001.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Persian: , Harakat-e Islami-yi Afghanistan) is a political party and former faction of the Afghan Northern Alliance (United Front) in Afghanistan. The movement is registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Taliban say the decrees is based on Islam although the vast majority of Muslims-outside Iran and Saudi Arabia-do not follow the type of dress code the Taliban are prescribing for Afghan women.

Detailed explanation-4: -The broad contours of the Taliban’s promise were simple: We are devout Muslims who fight for God and oppose corrupt leaders-whether they are former Afghan communists, jihadi leaders, or educated technocrats-and we have an alternative vision for a new Afghanistan.