Taliban

plural noun

Tal·i·ban ˈtä-li-ˌbän

ˈta-li-ˌban

: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan

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Experts felt the ongoing Taliban repression and economic hardship in Afghanistan may foster sectarian violence, which could worsen its humanitarian crisis. —

Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Extracting Money and Shaping States in Benin and Ghana Nicolas van de Walle Capsule Review Protecting the Ballot: How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption Andrew Moravcsik Capsule Review Should the United States Normalize Relations With the Taliban? —

Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025 Western diplomats and humanitarian officials have said aid is dropping to Afghanistan in part due to global emergencies in Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza and also because of concerns with Taliban restrictions on women. —

Reuters, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025 The Taliban do not roam the streets of Chicago, and their modus operandi should not be applied here. —

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