History of the Taliban
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Story of the Taliban
The story of the taliban begins in the nineties with the porenda civil war that erupted after the soviets pulled out their troops. Toh it was a very bad situation, and the talyman emerged really as a hies group of young men who wanted to do something to improve their country. And they formed about 20 of them, chose a leader who was mula ma maguma, who died three years ago,. He was considered to be the most pious figure in the group. Their first act was to take over a the second largest city in afghanistan and part of the pashton belt. They were extremely popular when they started moving out of tar and
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