The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, and jihadist political movement in Afghanistan
It ruled approximately three-quarters of the country from 1996–2001, before being overthrown following the United States invasion
It recaptured Kabul on 15 August 2021 after years of insurgency, and currently controls all of the country, although its government is not recognized by any country
Taliban government has been criticized for restricting human rights in Afghanistan, including the right of women and girls to work and education
The Taliban emerged in September 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students (ṭālib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who had been educated in traditional Islamic schools
Under the leadership of Mohammed Omar Mujahid ( 1996–2001), the movement spread throughout most of Afghanistan, shifting power away from the Mujahideen warlords
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The mass persecutions of Taliban members left the group weakened and many ultimately fled to neighboring Pakistan
In 1996, the group administered roughly three-quarters of the country, and established the First Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, with the Afghan capital transferred to Kandahar from Kabul