The Taliban - Islamic extremists organisation

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Taliban is an Islamist militant and political group that ruled large parts of Afghanistan and its capital, Kabul, as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from September 1996 until October 2001. It obtained diplomatic recognition from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Kandahar is considered the birthplace of the Taliban and its main leader is Mullah Mohammed Omar. Leading Muslims have highly criticized the Taliban strict interpretations of Sharia law while the latter were condemned internationally for their brutal repression of women. The Taliban have also been accused of using terrorism as a tactic to reach their ideological and political goals...

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• Assisted by: Lydi D Thomson-Smith (Editor), Lydia D. Thomson-Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2012
• EAN: 9786130132477
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13247-7
• No. of pages: 104
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous