The Taliban emerged in 1994 in Afghanistan and took control of the country in 1996. They aim to impose their extreme interpretation of Sharia law and remove foreign influences. Some of their strict laws ban women from education and work and prohibit media from other countries. Currently, they control parts of Afghanistan and use violence to enforce their rule, threatening human rights. It is important for citizens to help the people of Afghanistan however they can.
The Taliban emerged in 1994 in Afghanistan and took control of the country in 1996. They aim to impose their extreme interpretation of Sharia law and remove foreign influences. Some of their strict laws ban women from education and work and prohibit media from other countries. Currently, they control parts of Afghanistan and use violence to enforce their rule, threatening human rights. It is important for citizens to help the people of Afghanistan however they can.
The Taliban emerged in 1994 in Afghanistan and took control of the country in 1996. They aim to impose their extreme interpretation of Sharia law and remove foreign influences. Some of their strict laws ban women from education and work and prohibit media from other countries. Currently, they control parts of Afghanistan and use violence to enforce their rule, threatening human rights. It is important for citizens to help the people of Afghanistan however they can.
The Taliban emerged in 1994 in Afghanistan and took control of the country in 1996. They aim to impose their extreme interpretation of Sharia law and remove foreign influences. Some of their strict laws ban women from education and work and prohibit media from other countries. Currently, they control parts of Afghanistan and use violence to enforce their rule, threatening human rights. It is important for citizens to help the people of Afghanistan however they can.
Who are they? ● Are a faction that plays a major part in the Afghan civil war ● It largely consists of students (the Pashto word for a student is Talib which is where they get their name from) who have been educated in Islamic schools and fought during the soviet afghan war ● Most of its members are Pashtun, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan ● They seized the capital, Kabul in September 1996 ● The Afghan police and other people are still there today, it's just that they are outnumbered and overpowered by the Taliban. What is their goal? ● To impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influences of any kind from the country ● They do this through violent forces ● Some of the strict laws they have in place are: ○ Women must wear head to toe coverings and are not allowed to attend school, work, or travel alone ○ No media or holidays from any other country
● This is like them rejecting globalization and trying to
keep their own culture alive, like when japan isolated itself from the world ● They believe that what they are doing is in the name of god and that they are doing it the correct way. Where are they? ● The Taliban are in Afghanistan ● They slowly grew their influence over the country over time ● In november 1994 they seized the city of Kandahar and in september 1996 they seized the capital: Kabul ● In 1996 their leader forges a relationship with the leader of a terrorist group (Osama Bin Laden), who then moves his base of operations to Kandahar ● Then in August 1998 they captured the city of Mazar-E-Sharif, which got them control of about 90% of the country ● It's around 2001 when America starts attacking, that they lose the city of Kandahar ● They don't seize too much more land until 2015 when the Afghan police says that they have captured the Afghan provincial capital of Kinduz where they free 500 inmates from a prison and they capture Sangin which is a an important city ● Their huge influence over the country continues to grow today When ● They emerged in 1994 ● In 1996 they took over control of Afghanistan ● Over their time ruling over the country, they have killed many people and led several attacks on Afghanistan and other countries ● 9/11 is an example of an attack from the Taliban Why do they do what they do? ● The Taliban forced everyone to follow their interpretation of Islamic faith in Afghanistan and banned all other faiths ● Many sports and activities that were considered un-Islamic were banned ● They did all this because they originally wanted to establish an Islamic government through law and order ● People who joined their ranks earlier on were motivated by the suffering of people around them ● They thought the suffering was a result of power struggles between different groups and not abiding by the moral code of islam ● Most of them were Islamic school students so this belief was partially taught to them How do they do it ● While the soviet union was invading Afghanistan, a resistance called the Mujahideen was formed ● This group received weapons and supplied from the CIA and the government of the United States of America ● They also captured weapons from Soviet forces ● When the soviet union withdrew and the Taliban was formed, they seized these weapons from them and used them for their own means, which was to enforce their interpretation of Islamic law on the country by any means necessary ● They elected a president and had help from other countries to help the afghan people ● But when they received funds to help the country, they pocketed it ● Afghan government officials put little to no money towards the people ● There are around 150,000 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan right now Why This is Important to Human Rights? ● Many people die in Afghanistan everyday due to the ongoing war of the Taliban ● The Taliban are taking away people’s ability to live with their normal everyday lives ● The Taliban makes takes away people’s freedom of speech, freedom of religion, ● It's important that we recognize what's going on and try to assist the people of the country in any way we can. How Can Citizens Respond to the Issues? ● By donating to families and giving gifts that will change lives. There's also the option of deploying in afghanistan, but a donation helps out an individual family who is struggling more than others Bibliography ● CNN - August 13, 2020 - https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/taliban-fast-facts/index.html ● Savethechildren -