- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
Taliban Fast Facts
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Here's a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The group's aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country.
Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student.
Most members are Pashtun, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.
Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been the Taliban's supreme leader since 2016.
Reclusive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban from the mid-1990s until his death in 2013.
The exact number of Taliban forces is unknown.
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