taliban

/ˈtælɪbæn/

noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

still, trying, undeniable

VERB + TALIBAN

beheaded, fell, handle, replace, ruled, struggle

TALIBAN + NOUN

afghanistan, al-qaeda, bullets, daesh, detainees, dialogue, extremists, kabul

PREP.

between, in, through, with, with

ADV.

again, mostly

Definitions

name

A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

noun

A Taliban militia.

We will deal with the Afghan Taliban through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani Taliban with bullets.

Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans.

A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a fundamentalist Islamic militia

taleban

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

We will deal with the Afghan Taliban through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani Taliban with bullets.

Wiktionary

Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans.

Wiktionary

The Pakistani Taliban, an offspring of the Afghan Taliban, are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions.

Wiktionary

All the criminal charges were trumped-up and the three Taliban detainees had to be released.

Tatoeba · #4977295

The difference and struggle between the Taliban and Daesh are somewhat similar to the ones between Stalinism and Trotskyism.

Tatoeba · #10278088

Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic country, but the high-ranking officials of the Taliban are mostly Pashtuns.

Tatoeba · #10284387

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