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=__**The** **Taliban**__=



__Audience__
Lloyd Aultman

The targeted audience of the term, Taliban, is anyone who has different beliefs and ideals as them. They target how ever should live their life. “Men were required to grow beards and women had to wear the all-covering burka” (BBC News). Then they targeted ways of learning. “The Taliban banned television, music and cinema and disapproved of girls aged 10 and over from going to school” (BBC News). Overall, The Taliban is way to extreme for the world. “Their policies—including their treatment of women and support of terrorists—ostracized them from the world community” (Hayes). The entire world sees them as a danger, and because of that they are outcasts.

**__ Works Cited __**
Hayes, Laura, et al. “Who Are the Taliban? Their history and their resurgence”. //Infoplease//. 2007. Pearson Education 2000–2012. Web. 9 October 2012. “Who are the Taliban?” //BBC News//. 3 January 2012. BBC 2012. Web. 9 October 2012.

//__**Cultural Impact**__//
Carissa Lopez

The cultural impact by the Taliban has greatly affected Afghanistan as a whole. The Taliban has mostly effected the Afghanistan culture through music and other artistic presentations. “Their impact has been equally catastrophic across all sections of Afghanistan artistic and cultural life” (Wroe). By banning all visual representation of living creatures, the Taliban has caused a great amount of pain in those that celebrate and create music, photography and other representations of life. Music has been able to help some people heal and keep ethics diverse within the country. With the ban by the Taliban, there is a great deal of loss and distraught by the people of Afghanistan. There are certain communicational methods that music brings to people and helps bring groups together. Without music as a communicational transport, people are growing further and further apart and never coming together as a country in Afghanistan. The Taliban has caused people of Afghanistan to grow apart and become less of a country without the fundamentals that once brought them together.

**__Works Cited__** Qardash, Sulyman. In Pictures: Afghanistan’s Musical Journey. //Aljazeera.// 16 August 2012. Web. 9 October 2012. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2012/08/201281565317629556.html

Wroe, Nicholas. A Culture Muted. //The Gaurdian.com.// Gaurdian News and Media Limited. 12 October 2001. Web. 9 October, 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/13/afghanistan.books

__Aim- William Gover__
Term- Taliban

The Taliban are a Muslim Extremist group that came about when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan. And when the Soviets were taken out of the country the Taliban forces quickly assumed control. According to Bajoria the Taliban ruled by Islamic Law but took a whole new radical approach by barring women from education and holding public punishments daily. The aim of the Taliban was to spread their ideals and to rule Afghanistan as their religion dictated, which was a very radical way of ruling a nation. And according to Hayes it is a combination of religious laws by which the Taliban ruled.

Works Cited Bajoria, Jayshree. "Council on Foreign Relations." //Council on Foreign Relations//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. Hayes, Laura. //Infoplease//. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012.

=//__History__//= Emily Lovelace

The group known as the Taliban, formed after the Soviet Union withdrew from Pakistan in 1992. It was in Afghanistan that a group of veterans got together and formed a group that they believed were the only people who could bring their home peace ever again. Their goals were to bring peace back to their home, disarm the public, and to return back to Islamic customs. Within two months of formation, the group had over 10,000 members. These members had to follow extremely strict rules, and had very little freedom in the case of women. "The thing is, in Islam women are considered to be a specially protected social group, kind of like children are in our societies" (Zharov). Still existent as a group to this day, this extremist group has been known to be one to fear and for their radical beliefs and actions.

"Sergei Zharov. The Russians Are Back. Concise History of the Taliban." //Sergei Zharov. The Russians Are Back. Concise History of the Taliban //. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.