Organizations

__** Taliban: **__ The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996- 2001. During Afghanistan’s long civil war is when they came to power. However, in 2001 they were removed from power due to the September 11th attack by the US military and the Afghani opposition forces. The Taliban is one of the Mujahideen groups. The Soviet backed government lost ground to the Mujahideen. However, in 1992 Kabul got captured and a group of the Mujahideen set up a new government. The several small groups started to fight with each other, which resulted in Afghanistan being put into a collection of territories lead by competing warlords. In 1994 a united entity a group of the well-trained Taliban was chosen by Pakistan, to protect an armed force trying to open a trade route from Pakistan to Central Asia. They fought off rival Mujahideen and warlords. Their capture of Kabul in 1996 was thanks to their taking of the city Kandahar.

When the Taliban was under Mullah Muhammad Omar, Afghanistan was put in a state of destruction and chaos. The Taliban wanted to disarm warlords, return law and order to the country and emphasize Islamic law throughout Afghanistan. They forbid girls to go to school, they could not watch TV, listen to music, or use the internet. The men had to wear beards if not they were punished. Although the Taliban was welcomed because it did help emphasize law. It was also, not welcomed. They had no right to make Afghanistan into a centralized state. It had caused it to be not as strict. They had no established foreign, economic, and infrastructure policies. Which resulted in unemployment, hunger, malnutrition, and disease to Afghanistan’s population. Many people relied on foreign aid for their daily survival. The Taliban is now only recognized in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. [] []

__** Al Qaeda: **__ Al Qaeda is a terrorist group that was created by [|Osama bin Laden] and Muhammad Atef in the late 1980's. It uses violence to eliminate non Islamic governments and take out the US armed forces from Saudi Arabia and Somalia. The growth of terrorism around the world is due to Al Qaeda. It has made training camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya and Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda has been culpable for the attack on September 11th on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. It is also culpable for the attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Al Qaeda had a military infrastructure in Afghanistan which was destroyed by US officials. However, many believe that it has transported to Pakistan and there are now Al Qaeda fighters that are hiding throughout Pakistan in streets and border areas. [] __

The Hamas is an Israeli resistance movement against Israel. It began in 1987 under the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was a movement banned in Egypt. Their goals were to stop Israeli military and political occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and to establish an independent Palestinian State using Israeli principles. Since the group was established, it has carried out many terrorist attacks on Israeli targets including 60 bombings of civilian Israelis. [] - //Ami Isseroff// [|http://www.historyguy.com/hamas.html] - Copyright © 1998-2009 Roger A. Lee and History Guy Media
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