THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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group of radical Muslims that controlled the government of Iraq
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the government of Kuwait
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a group of radical Muslims that controlled the government of Afghanistan
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part of the United Nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: , romanized: ṭālibān, lit. ‘students’ or ‘seekers’), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist and Pashtun nationalist militant political movement in Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Taliban are a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group that returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 after waging a twenty-year insurgency.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Taliban follow an ultraconservative Sunni interpretation of Islam. Yet approximately 10 to 15 percent of Afghans are Shia, and there are a significant number of Sufi, small numbers of Ahmadis, and some Hindus and Sikhs in urban areas.