September 11, 2001 will be remembered as our nation's darkest day. Four planes were hijacked by anti American terrorist, two of those planes crashed into the World Trade Center buildings and another plane crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth plane never made it to its destination because of the brave American citizens on the plane who stopped the hijackers from killing even more Americans. Not long after the planes crashed into the buildings, the U.S. government knew who was behind the killing of thousands of American lives. That person was Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is the head of a major anti American terrorist group called Alkehda that wants nothing more than to kill Americans for what they believed to be religious purposes. But could bin Laden been stopped along time ago? His terrorist group Alkehda was funded heavily by a new radical government in Afghanistan called the Taliban. The Taliban provided Bin Laden with financial aid, weapons, a place to train his terrorist group, and most of all security from other countries especially the U.S., that wanted Bin Laden captured. But why didn't we do anything about it, and how did a small group like the Taliban gain such power in a country full of caus? We knew that the Taliban was funding Bin Laden, and that the Afghan government was violating human rights with the way they treated Afghan women. So why did it take the killing of thousands of American lives to do something about it?.
The Taliban was obviously a major part in the success of Osama Bin Laden's terrorist attacks, but how did this government become so powerful in a country like Afghanistan that has been in such a disarray for years? In order to answer this questions we first have to look at the recent history of Afghanistan. According to Neamatollah Nojumi, " because of its geostrategic location between the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan has become a significant player in the world.
There are great differences since era that Taliban was governing the country till now. ... In Taliban era Afghanistan situation was in crisis. ... One of the most obvious changes after Taliban era in Afghanistan is improvement in technology. If we talk about technology in Taliban era, there wasn't any technology. ... As I have information, in Taliban era, the quality of education was very low. ...
The Taliban has been active from 1994 to 1996, 1996 to 2001, and 2004 to present time ("Taliban"). The Taliban is mostly known for its extremely strict laws. ... The Taliban court ordered for her nose and ears to be cut off by her husband. ... The Taliban encourages girls under the age of sixteen to be married. ... The Taliban has ruined everything for Afghan women. ...
The victorious Taliban imposed strict restrictions upon the areas they controlled. ... The treatment of women under the Taliban is more extreme than most westerners could imagine. ... The Taliban's version of Islam is not supported by the world's Muslims. ... The Taliban is out of step with the Muslim world and with Islam. ... NGO's such as the Human Rights Watch were left to help the people suffering under the Taliban's rule. ...
The Taliban controls the majority of Musa Qala, a district with 100 villages inside, and enforces strict rules based on the Islamic law, as they have since the Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. ... Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi rebutted with a statement of their own. "No Taliban have killed any civilians. Neither were Taliban commanders fighting each other. ... He added that the Taliban does not target Afghan civilians, and if Taliban members were responsible for the shootings then a separate pocket has fractured off from the insurgency (Vogt). ...
One of the most prominent radicals, at least to the American public, is John Walker Lindh also known as the "Taliban American". ... It was here that Walker-Lindh was submerged into Taliban ideals and the constant recruitment of "men willing to take up jihad for the sake of Islam". ... After eight months of fighting, Walker-Lindh's tenure with the Taliban came to an end and three months later he found himself back on American soil. ... This proves the numbing effect that the Taliban's ideals have on their followers. ... While enlisted with the Taliban, Walker-Lindh participate...
After the Taliban regrouped from the initial attack just weeks after the September 11 tragedy, they fought back against the government, U.S. troops, and other Western allies in Afghanistan. ... "Peace talks are going on with the Taliban. ... He believes the military has to keep pressure on the Taliban in order to produce positive results (Thompson). ... He said the talks are in such infant stages that officials are not even certain that the Taliban members who are engaged in the negotiations are true representatives of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar. ... I think the Taliban have to feel t...
Beneath the veil Summary The documentary, "Beneath the veil" is about exposing how the Taliban have basically excluded women from pretty much every activity apart from being a house slave in Afghanistan. ... Beneath the veil was about a woman infiltrating the workings of the Taliban and their strict rules during their reign, showing how women have been excluded by society. But it did not only show this, it showed how the Taliban executed civilians in a public soccer field originally made for the Afghanistan public enjoyment that has now been converted into a execution ground. ... The...
The wearing of the burka used to be optional before the Taliban came into power. However, under Taliban rule, oppression of women was at it's worst. ... The Taliban had strict rules about the things they declared "unclean". ... Women were sadly stripped of their dignity under Taliban rule. ... The Taliban respected neither. ...
The wearing of the burka used to be optional before the Taliban came into power. However, under Taliban rule, oppression of women was at it's worst. ... The Taliban had strict rules about the things they declared "unclean". ... Women were sadly stripped of their dignity under Taliban rule. ... The Taliban respected neither. ...
