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Taliban

Historical- Nick Fitzgerald

The Taliban first started in 1989 as a group that wanted to restore order. In ’89 there was no main government in Afghanistan so there was a lot of destruction and fighting. Come 1994, the Taliban actually began to rise up as a practicable political force. They wanted to enforce their strict Islamic laws and reinstate order back to Afghanistan. The Taliban began capturing countries and cities around them to rise up in power so they would be listened to. Around 1996 a supreme leader was named, Mulla Mohammed Omar. The Taliban then began to get stronger and stronger and they enforced their Islamic laws on Afghanistan citizens. The Taliban made it so that women were basically under house arrest and they had to stay at home unless accompanied by a male relative. The Taliban discriminated women to the point where they weren’t allowed at any kind of school or allowed to work.

Nick- Works Cited: Carmack, Mary. "Taliban Regime." //Taliban Regime //. Apr. 2000. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.

Chance- Cultural

The Taliban has changed the western worlds view on the practice of Islam for the worse. They are notorious for their strict civil rights “ To PHR's knowledge, no other regime in the world has methodically and violently forced half of its population into virtual house arrest, prohibiting them on pain of physical punishment” (PHR). Also notably kite flying is not allowed. After the many terrorist attacks carried out by the Taliban over the years, it has always been related back to their religion, and so in turn the Muslim people have faced oppression, and racism all around the world.

Chance- Works Cited: Iacopino, Vincent. The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan. Boston: Physicians for Human Rights, 1998. Print.

Group Works Cited:

Carmack, Mary. "Taliban Regime." //Taliban Regime //. Apr. 2000. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.

Iacopino, Vincent. The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan. Boston: Physicians for Human Rights, 1998. Print.

Patrick: Audience



The Audience of the Taliban is the people they are trying to get something out of, or prove a point to. For example, in the picture above they execute a Polish man to try and get back prisoners. Massoud says in his interview, “ Massoud is adamant that in Afghanistan women have suffered oppression for generations. He says that 'the cultural environment of the country suffocates women. But the Taliban exacerbate this with oppression.' His most ambitious project is to shatter this cultural prejudice and so give more space, freedom and equality to women – they would have the same rights as men.” (Escobar). In the quote he says “But the Taliban exacerbate this with oppression”, which means that the Taliban are actually against the oppression of women. The Taliban’s audience is directly affected by who they are trying to change or influence.

Work Cited:

Escobar, Pepe. “Masoud: From warrior to statesman”. //Asia Times// 12 Sep. 2001. Online.

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//Aim/Point – Jake Stollings//

//The Taliban is an Islamic movement. Leaded by Mullah Mohammad Omar. The Taliban have been blamed for much causality in America and in Afghanistan. The Taliban originally came from northern Pakistan in the 1990s. They come from the roots of the soviet troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s mission was to restore peace by renaming and restoring the Sharia law. This failed. In conclusion, the main purpose of the Taliban movement was to remake and enforce the Islamic law.//

//Work Cited – Jake Stollings// //“Who are the Taliban?”// BBC NEWS ASIA// Jan. 2012. Web. Oct. 15.