WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How were the Taliban formed? The group was formed in the early 1990s by Afghan mujahideen, or Islamic guerrilla fighters, who had resisted the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979–89) with the covert backing of the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI).

Detailed explanation-2: -While no country has so far recognised the Taliban regime, there are countries working with it and which have supported it since inception, such as Pakistan, China, and Russia, and these three feature among the 14 countries where Afghan diplomatic missions have been taken over by the Taliban regime.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its commanders and politicians take their orders from a powerful leadership council based not in the capital of Kabul, but in the Taliban’s traditional homeland of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan. Behind this powerful entity is a reclusive supreme leader, Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political and military organisation operating in Afghanistan.