{"id":325800,"date":"2021-08-16T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T20:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:06:44","slug":"who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"#Who are the Taliban and what are they planning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3c352f137\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/#Who_is_the_Taliban_and_what_do_they_believe\" >Who is the Taliban and what do they believe?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/#How_did_the_Taliban_regain_strength_and_why_are_they_taking_over_now\" >How did the Taliban regain strength and why are they taking over now?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/#What_do_they_want_and_what_will_happen_next\" >What do they want and what will happen next?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-are-the-taliban-and-what-are-they-planning\/#How_is_the_Taliban_funded_and_who_runs_it\" >How is the Taliban funded and who runs it?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Who are the Taliban and what are they planning?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Taliban have now seized control of Afghanistan two weeks before the United States was due to completely withdraw its troops after a 20-year military presence in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n<p>Chaotic scenes erupted after Taliban insurgents retook Kabul on Sunday with thousands of panicked Afghans rushing to flee the country, including some who were desperate enough to cling to US military aircrafts as the planes taxied down the runway.<\/p>\n<p>US officials have already claimed they miscalculated the speed at which the Taliban were able to storm across the country and capture all major cities in just a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan security forces, who were trained and equipped by the US over the last two decades, put up little fight against the militants.<\/p>\n<p>It has prompted questions as to how insurgents were able to regain control of the country so quickly after two decades and what exactly the Taliban want.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Taliban_and_what_do_they_believe\"><\/span><strong>Who is the Taliban and what do they believe?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Taliban are a hardline Islamic militant group that ran Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently led by Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada.<\/p>\n<p>When the Taliban first formed in 1994, the insurgent group was made up of \u201cmujahideen\u201d \u2014 Afghan resistance fighters who fought the Soviets when they invaded in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taliban fighters ride on a vehicle.\" class=\"wp-image-19144777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Taliban are a hardline Islamic militant group that ran Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sputnik via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban gained control of the government in 1996 when they captured Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>They quickly imposed Sharia \u2014 or Islamic law \u2014 which meant corporal punishment and public executions were implemented, and women were banned from working outside the home and girls could not attend school.<\/p>\n<p>Women also had to cover their faces in public and had to be accompanied by a male relative whenever they left their homes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban were accused of brutally enforcing the Islamic law by cutting off the hands of thieves and stoning adulterers.<\/p>\n<p>The insurgents were ousted from power when the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 following the Sept. 11 attacks that were orchestrated by al Qaeda\u2019s Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n<p>The US wanted to prevent al Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base for its terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban, however, never left Afghanistan and have been fighting the Western government ever since.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_did_the_Taliban_regain_strength_and_why_are_they_taking_over_now\"><\/span><strong>How did the Taliban regain strength and why are they taking over now?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the United States shifted their focus to Iraq, the Taliban started to regroup and slowly, over the last two decades, began taking over parts of the Afghan countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Following years of negotiations, the Taliban and Trump administration signed a peace deal last year.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, Trump agreed to start withdrawing troops and release about 5,000 Taliban prisoners. In exchange, the Taliban vowed to prevent groups from using Afghanistan to threaten the US.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taliban fighters stand guard.\" class=\"wp-image-19144813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Taliban started rapidly overtaking a number of major cities as US troops withdrew from Afghanistan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When President Joe Biden was elected, he announced that the last troops would leave by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>As that deadline inched closer, the Taliban started rapidly overtaking a number of major cities.<\/p>\n<p>After the US spent billions of dollars training and equipping Afghan security forces, questions are now mounting as to why they put up such a little fight against the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The Western-backed government was rife with corruption. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Entire units with the Afghan security forces surrendered after brief battles, Kabul and other nearby provinces fell without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>President Ashraf Ghani hunkered down and made few public statements as the Taliban swept across the country in the last week. <\/p>\n<p>He fled on Sunday as the Taliban reached Kabul but it is not clear where he went.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_they_want_and_what_will_happen_next\"><\/span><strong>What do they want and what will happen next?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Taliban wants to take back what they lost in the 2000s when the US invaded.<\/p>\n<p>They have already said they want to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which is what they called it last time they ruled.<\/p>\n<p>They want to restore Islamic law in society but it is unclear if life will go back to what it once was under prior Taliban rule.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taliban members are seen near Hamid Karzai International Airport.\" class=\"wp-image-19144820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Taliban want to restore Islamic law in Afghanistan and rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban have claimed they are no longer opposed to women attending school but have said it will end mixed-gender education, however, reports indicate girls are already being forced into sex slavery as young as 12.<\/p>\n<p>Many women fear Taliban rule will mean a severe rollback of the rights they\u2019ve been fighting for 20 years. Reports have already emerged of women being forced out of their jobs and ordered to return to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Taliban saying they want to provide a secure environment, many Afghans fear their rule will be violent and oppressive. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban say they want to form an \u201cinclusive, Islamic government\u201d with other factions and have been holding negotiations with senior politicians. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_is_the_Taliban_funded_and_who_runs_it\"><\/span><strong>How is the Taliban funded and who runs it?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The group mostly gets its money through opium and drugs trades. Insurgents are also often involved in kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing plots for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>In the areas where the Taliban already had control, they often raised money by taxing farms and other businesses.<\/p>\n<p>They also received funding from supporters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taliban gunman.\" class=\"wp-image-19144829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/taliban-002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Taliban are funded through opium and drugs trades, taxing farms and businesses in Taliban-controlled areas, and financial contributions from supporters.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada was appointed the Taliban\u2019s supreme leader in 2016 when a drone strike killed his predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>He is widely believed to be the insurgent group\u2019s spiritual leader rather than a military commander. <\/p>\n<p>Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is also believed to be a key player. <\/p>\n<p>He is the head of the political office that was part of the team negotiating the withdrawal of US troops.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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