Taliban
plural noun
Tal·i·ban
ˈtä-li-ˌbän 
ˈta-li-ˌban
: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
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The comment — which presumably referenced Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is among the Taliban's leadership — sparked a flurry of memes.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
That's because in December 2022 the Taliban decreed that women would no longer be allowed to pursue university education.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
These include items on a British family who became lost at sea, kidnap and torture victim Peter Shaw, aid worker Ian Purchase, who was taken by the Taliban, and journalist Michael Scott Moore, who was captured in Somalia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Another of the notices, sent Friday, abruptly pulled U.S. funding for a program with strong support in Congress that had sent young Afghan women overseas for schooling amid Taliban prohibitions on women’s education, said an administrator for that project, which is run by Texas A&M University.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
That's because in December 2022 the Taliban decreed that women would no longer be allowed to pursue university education.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
These include items on a British family who became lost at sea, kidnap and torture victim Peter Shaw, aid worker Ian Purchase, who was taken by the Taliban, and journalist Michael Scott Moore, who was captured in Somalia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Another of the notices, sent Friday, abruptly pulled U.S. funding for a program with strong support in Congress that had sent young Afghan women overseas for schooling amid Taliban prohibitions on women’s education, said an administrator for that project, which is run by Texas A&M University.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Taliban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Taliban. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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