Who Are The Taliban Fighters?

With Ashraf Ghani’s walk-out from Afghanistan, the Taliban captured the entire country. Thousands attempted to flee Afghanistan as thousands of Taliban fighters seized power and entered the presidential palace, shooting broke out at Kabul’s airport, and fighters entered the presidential palace. Civilians face an uncertain future and the U.S. faces many challenges since the Afghan government collapsed.

Who are the Taliban?

It is an Afghan religious movement and military organization affiliated with the Deobandi branch of Islam. Mohammad Omar, a Pashtun tribal leader who became a mujahedeen chief in 1989, led the Taliban to attack the Soviet Union in southern Afghanistan. After the Soviets left Afghanistan in 1989, Mullah Omar formed the group in Kandahar with around 50 followers, who mobilized a challenge to the corruption, crime, and instability that consumed the country.

Most Taliban tribesmen are Pashtun, so most of their ideology is based on Pashtun social and cultural norms known as Pashtunwali, a form of Sharia Islamic law based on Deobandi fundamentalism and Islamism. According to official Afghanistan media reports, the Taliban are often referred to in Dari as ‘Taliban group’ or Goroh-e Taleban.

The Taliban of Flag

The written phrase on the flag in Arabic is:

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ

The meaning of the Shahada in English is:

There is no deity but Allah, and I bear witness Mohammad is the messenger of Allah.

Apparently, the ratio on the Afghan national flag is 1:2. Also, the Arabic on the flag is black, not green as it appears on the Taliban flag. This source indicated the official flag was introduced just two days before the date in Smith 1997k [Whitney Smith, New flags: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, The Flag Bulletin XXXVI-5 = 177, 1997], i.e. on October 25, 1997. Taliban offices in New York posted flag on their websites.

Rule on The Country

With the Taliban in control of the country, one of only two entities claiming to represent Afghanistan’s legitimate government, along with the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. As part of their illegal drug trafficking operations, the group also engages in other illegal activities including kidnapping, extortion, and extortion.

About three-quarters of Afghanistan was governed by the Taliban, and its interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law, was extremely strict. Muhammad Omar’s movement spread across Afghanistan under his leadership, displacing Mujahideen warlords from their positions of power.

Situation in Country

Many Afghans with the assistance of Americans have fled the oppressive rule of the Taliban and have been unable to do so due to the oppressive rule of the Taliban. The Afghans depend on the Human Rights Council for the protection and defense of their rights.

There are 153 media outlets in Afghanistan that have stopped operations since the Taliban took control.

Many Afghans have suffered brutal treatment due to the way the Taliban enforce their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. This has been condemned internationally.

Concern

Afghanistan has experienced significant political, human rights, and security gains since 2001, and the United States has an interest in seeking to preserve these gains. As the Taliban maintain ties with al-Qaeda, a Taliban takeover of the country would become another terrorist safe haven. Furthermore, the takeover threatens to reverse the progress made in protecting women’s rights.

Furthermore, as neighboring countries respond to the growing humanitarian crisis, the escalating instability, a mass exodus of refugees, and a mass exodus of refugees are likely to have regional ramifications. Moreover, Pakistan, India, Iran, and Russia all have the potential to exert influence on Afghanistan and subnational actors.