Anti-Coalition Militia
| Taliban طالبان (Pashto) |
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| Participant in the War in Afghanistan and the War on Terror |
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Flag of the Taliban.
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| Active | 1994–1996 (militia) 1996–2001 (government) 2002–present (insurgency) |
| Ideology | |
| Groups | Pashtuns |
| Leaders |
Mohammed Omar (Founder, 1994–2013) Mullah Akhtar Mansour (2013–2016) Hibatullah Akhundzada (current leader, 2016–present) Mullah Muhammad Rasul (splinter faction, 2015–present) |
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| Area of operations |
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| Strength | 45,000 (2001 est.) 11,000 (2008 est.) 36,000 (2010 est.) 60,000 (2014 est.) |
| Originated as | Students of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
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| Opponents |
State opponents |
| Battles and wars |
Afghan Civil War (1992–96) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–14) War in Afghanistan (2015–present) |
| Website | shahamat-english.com |
State opponents 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
NATO
ISAF
Non-state opponents
The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, which recently changed their name and identity to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. Until his death in 2013, Mullah Mohammed Omar was the supreme commander and spiritual leader of the Taliban. Mullah Akhtar Mansour was elected as his replacement in 2015, and following Mansour's killing in a May 2016 U.S. drone strike, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada became the group's leader.
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