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From a small group of religious students formed in 1994, the Taliban quickly grew into a national movement that occupied all of Afghanistan. Led by the mysterious Mullah Omar, the group established a theocracy based on strict observance of Sharia law. When the Americans overthrew... Read Full Overview

From a small group of religious students formed in 1994, the Taliban quickly grew into a national movement that occupied all of Afghanistan. Led by the mysterious Mullah Omar, the group established a theocracy based on strict observance of Sharia law. When the Americans overthrew... Read Full Overview

Southern Afghanistan in the early 1990s was in even greater chaos than it is now. The Russians who had occupied the country throughout the 1980s were long gone. The disparate ethnic and religious leaders who had united to eject the invaders - the famous mujaheddin -... Read Full Overview