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	Taliban - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Taliban
		The Taliban was founded in 1994 by around 2,000 Pathan Sunni Muslim theology students based in madrassas (religious schools) near the Pakistan border.
		The Taliban rose to prominence in January 1995 with the capture of Kandahar, the country's second-largest city, and the subsequent defeat of the forces of fundamentalist Afghan Mujahedin leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
		The Taliban, who were indirectly backed by the USA, made military gains January–April 1997, leaving Mazār-e Sharīf, situated in the far north, as the only major city outside their control.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Taliban (800 words)

	Air Force Law Review: Al-Qaeda & Taliban unlawful combatant detai... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Taliban was the primary faction fighting in a civil war within the failed state of Afghanistan from the mid to the late 1990s.
		Because the Taliban as an entity does not meet the standards of lawful belligerency, and therefore as an entity lacks lawful combatant status and combatant's privilege, the U.S. accordingly considers captured individual Taliban members to also lack lawful combatant status and combatant's privilege, and as such has not extended to them POW status.
		The Taliban were the de facto government of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, were well-funded by al-Qaeda, and were an experienced fighting force having been engaged in an internal armed conflict against the Northern Alliance during the Taliban's entire five-year de facto rule.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:126358148&refid=holomed_1 (16313 words)

	Afghanistan
		The Taliban stated that the intent of the proposed edict is to protect Hindu citizens from harassment by members of the religious police.
		The Taliban decreed that women are not allowed to attend the country's formerly coeducational universities, and one women's university, the Kabul branch of the Peshawar-based Afghan University, was closed by the Taliban in 1996 after it gained control of Kabul.
		Members of the PVPV, which was raised to the status of a Ministry in May 1998, are supposed to regularly check persons on the street in order to ascertain that individuals are conforming to such Taliban edicts.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/index.cfm?docid=5533 (4951 words)

	Afghanistan
		Taliban officials stated that those responsible for Saremi's killing were not acting under official orders and would be punished; however, no action was known to have been taken regarding the case by year's end.
		The Taliban claimed that the vandalism was the result of an unauthorized act by one of their soldiers, and that the statutes were being protected by the Taliban from further harm.
		In 1998 the Taliban also stated that schools would not be allowed to teach girls over the age of 8, that schools teaching girls would be required to be licensed, and that such schools would be required to limit their curriculums to the Koran.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/431.htm (12926 words)

	The Australian: Four Taliban members arrested (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		AFGHAN security forces have arrested four ranking members of the Taliban in the country's south-east, where remnants of the ousted regime continue to wage a violent revolt.
		The rebels were captured by Afghanistan's US-sponsored national army during a clearance operation in Uruzgan, which remains a hotbed of Taliban attacks against government and foreign forces as well as civilians and aid workers.
		The hardline Taliban militia sprang up from religious schools in Pakistan in the early 1990s and seized control of much of Afghanistan in the late 1990s.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,12428104^1702,00.html (214 words)

	General Predicts Taliban's Demise (washingtonpost.com)
		Earlier Saturday, a senior Taliban official said in an audio tape released to the Reuters news agency that militia leaders were planning to shift from guerrilla warfare to terrorist-style attacks.
		But Taliban attacks on Afghan and foreign military forces and government officials have increased in recent weeks following a winter lull, Barno said, and are at the same level as in the spring of 2004 and 2003.
		Members of Karzai's administration have stressed that the offer does not constitute a permanent amnesty program and does not extend to roughly 100 top Taliban leaders implicated in serious crimes.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A59533-2005Apr16.html (734 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Dozens of Taliban members said to be killed
		Dozens of Taliban were killed in fighting, as Afghan troops pushed into a deep gorge and along a mountain stream after a night of heavy US bombing in the Chinaran and Larzab mountains of Dai Chupan district, an Afghan official said.
		Hotak described the area as a Taliban stronghold, from which the insurgents direct their operations into the neighboring provinces of Kandahar, Ghazni, and Uruzgan.
		Taliban fighters have been staging deadly attacks on Afghan forces, officials, and aid workers, in an apparent bid to undermine the government of President Hamid Karzai.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2003/08/30/dozens_of_taliban_members_said_to_be_killed?mode=PF (520 words)

	United Jerusalem - - Week in Review -- 5/28/2005
		But at least five former Taliban members have signed up to be candidates in the Sept. 18 election to fill the country´s new 249-seat parliament.
		All five former Taliban members are running from southern provinces seen as former strongholds of the Taliban and the Pashtun ethnic group.
		Taliban insurgents are waging a guerrilla war in parts of the south and southeast.
	www.unitedjerusalem.org /index2.asp?id=594062 (1088 words)

	AFGHANS CRITICIZE TALIBAN AS HYPOCRITES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Taliban members preferred to base themselves here rather than in the capital of Kabul, which is more ethnically mixed and cosmopolitan.
		Many of the Taliban's strict interpretations of Islamic law, such as untrimmed beards for men and full veils for women, were derived from the traditional southern Pashtun customs of this region.
		Although the Taliban still enjoys some support here, many people who once stood by members of the regime say they were worn down by their brutality and, perhaps most of all, their double standards.
	www.papillonsartpalace.com /afghans.htm (1092 words)

	Afghan Warrior: 2005-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Former Taliban foreign Minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil along with four other former Taliban members have registered to be candidates in the Sept.18 parliamentry election.
		The Taliban spokesman Hakimi denied the Taliban's involvement in this terrorist attack and the Ministry of Interior Affairs is investigating the explosion.
		A senior Taliban commander was killed and another arrested during a joint operation by the Afghan National Army and coalition forces in Arozgan province after the Taliban attacked ANA and coalition forces.
	afghanwarrior.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_afghanwarrior_archive.html (2797 words)

	Former Taliban members try blending into society: 12/20/01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fazlulah became a Taliban soldier three years ago, in part to earn a living and in part, he said, to protect himself from being arrested because he was from the Shomali Plain north of Kabul, where the Taliban had persecuted residents.
		The decision by so many Taliban soldiers to remain in Kabul may reveal a force far less ideologically committed than its leaders would have believed.Unlike the largely foreign force of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization, many Taliban soldiers were happy to give up their guns and return to their homes in Kabul.
		While the Taliban army had a core of true believers, former soldiers here said the majority were regular men trying to earn a living and avoid the wrath of their superiors.
	www.s-t.com /daily/12-01/12-20-01/a02wn015.htm (1015 words)

	taliban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Taliban publicly slit the throat of the alleged murderer of her son
		The Taliban first appeared on the political scene of Afghanistan in September, 1994 in the southern Province of Kandhar, and have since taken about 90% of Afghanistan.
		The bands of Taliban thugs roam the streets beating those they deem to be violators of the Shariah (Islamic code of Law) [2].
	www.hazara.net /taliban/taliban.html (416 words)

	12 Suspected Taliban Members Killed
		Police blamed Taliban rebels for the attack and suggested Afghan Gen. Khial Baz, a former senior military commander traveling in the convoy, was their target.
		Khost is a former stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida militants close to the Pakistani frontier and sees regular skirmishes between militants and Afghan and U.S. forces.
		In 2004, the country produced 87 percent of the world's opium, the raw material for heroin, prompting warnings it was turning into a "narco-state," although preliminary surveys suggest cultivation is down this year.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/04/12/international/i105823D56.DTL&type=printable (569 words)

	Detainees or Prisoners of War?: The Applicability of the Geneva Convention to the War on Terrorism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Members of the Taliban have also massacred thousands of innocent civilians at the battle of Mazar-i-Sharif, in Robatak Pass and in Yakaolang, apparently basing the massacre on ethnic differences.
		In the War on Terrorism, it is arguable that members of the Taliban have not treated at least one injured American soldier according to the laws of war regarding prisoners of war.
		Applying the Commentary's principles to the Taliban regime, members of the Taliban are not eligible for prisoner of war status because they have not fulfilled all four of the conditions of Hague IV and Geneva III as discussed supra.
	www.mobar.org /journal/2002/novdec/hook.htm (5300 words)

	Army Lawyer
		The al Qaeda member could be entitled to POW treatment under the following theories: (1) as a member of the Taliban armed forces; (2) an irregular adjunct to the Taliban armed forces; or (3) part of a levee en masse or popular uprising.
		Although the United States does not recognize the Taliban as a legitimate Afghani government, the President determined that the Taliban members are covered under the treaty because Afghanistan is a party to the Convention.
		With respect to the Taliban, the Taliban also did not wear uniforms, they did not have insignia, they did not carry their weapons openly, and they were tied tightly at the waist to al Qaeda.
	lawofwar.org /army_lawyer.htm (17227 words)

	Afghanistan: Karzai Calls On Taliban To Participate In Elections
		Some members of the ousted regime have threatened to disrupt the elections, due to be held in September.
		It appears the United States, who helped sweep the Taliban from power in 2001, is supporting Karzai's call for the reintegration of former members of the hard-line group into the Afghan society.
		Parekh said that in his view, however, it is unlikely that any Taliban member trying to disrupt the political process would react positively to Karzai's call.
	www.irannewswatch.com /news/publish/printer_652.shtml (644 words)

	Afghanistan: Government Holds Talks With Moderate Taliban - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Taliban hard-liners have reportedly dismissed the talks as propaganda and vowed to continue their fight.
		The Afghan government is extending an olive branch to all but those Taliban members who had links with terrorist groups and those who committed atrocities during the 1996-2001 rule of the fundamentalist movement over most of Afghanistan.
		The U.S., which helped topple the Taliban in 2001, is supporting the process and the U.S. military is considering offering protection from arrest for those Taliban members who lay down their arms.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/03/eb2727ce-9a21-41be-9bab-e8a8875181f0.html (765 words)

	Support of Taliban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although President Musharraf officially denounced the Taliban and ended relations with the government after September 11, up until that time Pakistan was one of three countries in the world that recognized the regime as a legitimate government.
		The Taliban leaders emerged from seminaries in the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan, both provinces of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
		This has caused speculation that the Taliban is simply appeasing the U.S. government and putting on a facade of help, while really harboring members of the Taliban in their country.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~mmbiggin/supporttaliban.htm (240 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Chanting "Death to Taliban and their supporters in the government," the demonstrators charged that Karzai and some of his ministers are supporting the Taliban.
		The area was a former stronghold of the ousted Taliban regime and remains volatile, with U.S.-led forces continuing to conduct antiguerrilla operations against remnants of the regime, who are believed to be operating along the border with Al-Qaeda fighters.
		Karzai said the cabinet's 29 members are hindering "creation of the necessary regulatory authorities to promote...the private sector as the key engine of our growth." Karzai told top Afghan officials to prepare a plan for reducing the size of the cabinet within two weeks, AFP reported.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/04/16-280404.htm (5052 words)

	WAR: Senior Taliban members in amnesty talks
		The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaking in Kabul, has indicated that senior members of the Taliban are holding talks regarding amnesty.
		Senior Taliban members have responded to an amnesty offer and are holding talks with the Afghan government, says the US ambassador in Kabul.
		But he said "quite a number" of Taliban members, some senior, were involved and that a breakthrough could be imminent.
	www.atsnn.com /story/119923.html (283 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Afghan leader hailed some Taliban members in a meeting with Afghan scholars, saying the movement did a great service to the war-torn country and that it has some “good” elements.
		Since deposing the Taliban regime in November 2001, a U.S.-dominated military coalition of some 10,000 troops is still in Afghanistan allegedly to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda members.
		This week suspected Taliban seized control of part of a district in southern Zabul province before hundreds of Afghan troops were sent to the area to back local forces.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-05/04/article12.shtml (588 words)

	CTV.ca \| U.S. forces kill nine suspected Taliban members
		With bin Laden and other top al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives the subject of redoubled U.S. attention, the world's news crews have launched a spring offensive of their own.
		Hilferty on Saturday did not specifically answer a question about whether the latest operations were the start of the promised spring offensive, reminding reporters that there had been patrols throughout the winter as well.
		The Friday operation in which the Taliban fighters were killed involved a roughly 10-man U.S. special operations group, Hilferty said.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1078597201298_64?s_name=&no_ads= (658 words)

	RTE News - Suspected Taliban members killed in Afghanistan
		In Afghanistan, at least 20 suspected members of the Taliban have been killed in clashes with American and Afghan forces.
		One US soldier was killed in an accidental fall during the skirmishes.
		Aircraft are continuing to target suspected bases belonging to the Taliban and al-Quaeda.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/0830/afghanistan.html (79 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Authorities made little distinction between actual members and those with marginal affiliation with the group, often persons who had attended Koranic study sessions with the group." Addressing the issue of fair trials, the report states: "Defendants often claimed that the confessions on which the prosecution based its cases were extracted by torture.
		Separately, members of the Office for Strengthening Unity (DTV), a student group, began a sit-in at Tehran's Amir Kabir University on 9 May to protest restrictions and severe security measures at universities, Radio Farda reported, citing Abdullah Mo'meni, a DTV activist.
		Aleksandr Semionov, a member of the board of directors of Moskovskii proizvodstvennay baza (MPB), which filed a similar suit with an arbitration court in St. Petersburg, told SeverInform on 4 May that failure to construct the terminals could cost the city budget some 50 million rubles ($1.8 million), which would be a "catastrophe.".
	www.rferl.org /reports/ucs/2005/05/8-180505.asp (6478 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Mullah Wakil Ahmad Mutawakkil, the former foreign minister of the ousted Taliban regime, is playing a key role in the Afghan government's reconciliation efforts with members of the former regime, AFP reported on 1 March.
		Afghan presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin told a news conference in Kabul on 1 March that members of the Taliban regime who have come for talks with the government "are of course in consultation" with Mutawakkil.
		Those members of the ousted Taliban regime who join the reconciliation program offered by Kabul will be issued special identity cards by the U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan security forces, Kabul weekly "Cheragh" reported on 1 March.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/03/6-SWA/swa-030305.asp?po=y (1495 words)

	Afghan Official: 50 Taliban Members Killed
		The attack was part of joint operations between the U.S. military and local Afghan militia hunting down Taliban fighters blamed for a series of attacks mostly in the south and east of the country, according to Ahmad Khan, a spokesman for the governor of Zabul province.
		Khan said Afghan forces collected the bodies of at least 50 Taliban fighters after the bombardment.
		The bombing destroyed a Taliban mountain camp near the border with Pakistan, he said.
	www.poe-news.com /stories.php?poeurlid=25742 (276 words)

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