The Taliban is not a monolithically Pashtun force. It has gathered a good deal of support among other ethnicities by appealing to religious conservatism, but its leadership is still …

Pashtuns (/ ˈ p ʌ ʃ ˌ t ʊ n /, / ˈ p ... The Taliban regime was ousted in late 2001 during the US-led War in Afghanistan and replaced by the Karzai administration. [206] This was followed by the …

Jan 19, 2023 · Analysts are concerned that the Taliban could provide it with safe haven and allow it to launch international terrorist attacks from Afghan soil. The Taliban are a predominantly …

Sep 9, 2024 · While the Taliban’s leadership and much of its base are Pashtun, the group’s brutal governance has disproportionately harmed Pashtuns, especially in rural regions. This essay …

Jan 16, 2025 · (Photo by isafmedia via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 DEED). Listen to this article: The Taliban, a predominantly Pashtun Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group, regained …

May 14, 2024 · Even within the Taliban, non-Pashtun leadership figures and members show signs of frustration at being marginalized. Local and international media have covered instances of …

Pashtuns, many of whom are loyal Taliban members, are an integral part of the instability that has wracked Afghanistan for generations. This paper seeks to understand the Pashtuns in …

Pashtun leadership was brushed aside, at times violently, and replaced with Afghan and Pakistani radical Islamists. Worse, those being killed were Pashtuns and those who were killing were …

Prospects for an enduring peace in Afghanistan are still fragile despite progress since the ouster of the Taliban in December 2001. A key obstacle is the perception of many ethnic Pashtuns …

Oct 1, 2010 · The Taliban, or "students" in the Pashto language, emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.