WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The al-Qaeda-controlled Taliban regime especially targeted Afghan women and children, taking away their basic freedoms, splintering their families, putting their lives at risk, and relegating them to poverty.

Detailed explanation-2: -BACKGROUND. 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-3: -In 2001 an international coalition led by the USA invaded Afghanistan to destroy terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda when the Taliban refused to hand over Osama bin Laden. British forces went in alongside US troops. At the height of the conflict there were more than 130, 000 NATO troops on the ground.

Detailed explanation-4: -The War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) began in October, 2001 in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Taliban controls nearly the entirety of 32 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Only Panjshir and Badakhshan, as well as small areas of neighboring provinces (not shown) are controlled by the Northern Alliance.

Detailed explanation-6: -Under the leadership of Mullah Omar ( r. 1996–2001), the movement spread throughout most of Afghanistan, shifting power away from the Mujahideen warlords. In 1996, the group administered roughly three-quarters of the country, and established the First Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.