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Taliban

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Noun

1. taleban, taliban

a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government

Example Sentences:
'the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Taliban

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noun
(in Afghanistan) a fundamentalist Islamic army: in 1996 it defeated the ruling mujaheddin factions and seized control of the country; overthrown in 2001 by US-led forces, although resistance continues, esp in the south

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Taliban

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noun
a militant, fundamentalist-Islamic movement, chiefly in Afghanistan and Pakistan
: Brit. sp. ˈTaleˌban

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Taliban

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n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A fundamentalist Muslim group of Afghanistan and western Pakistan, known for its military and paramilitary activities.

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