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title: "8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban"  
description: "Twenty years ago, the United States overthrew the Taliban government in Afghanistan for harboring Osama bin Laden and providing training grounds for Al-Qaeda"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-29  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1706/8-things-you-should-know-about-the-taliban  
category: "education, international"  
tags: ["Taliban", "Taliban facts", "things to know", "about taliban", "facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban

![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/e138846d-c5aa-465b-baad-9e156a443daa.jpeg) ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/4b374542-f283-401c-a48b-d3640182a972.jpeg) The name Taliban means ‘students.’ In school, Taliban students were trained in the Quran and in warfare. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/af82ea08-b295-4847-9422-440858053946.jpeg) The Taliban came to power during the Afghan civil war. In December 1979, 30,000 Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan to support the communist Afghan gov ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/b53680d7-b834-49cb-a67a-775fefafd93f.jpeg) The U.S. government had made a peace agreement with the Taliban. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/66395856-6076-4db5-9cfd-d15b4e0e6ce5.jpeg) The Taliban engaged in human trafficking and sex slavery. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/fa60f20e-f80f-4e02-abfd-ff111289fc0e.jpeg) The Taliban conscripted child soldiers to fight for the cause. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/36e8de0c-6bba-4fc1-94d8-48e38cc95b64.jpeg) The Taliban has a history of violating human rights. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/6463fd4e-4cc5-4a4b-b300-d3c65134b33c.jpeg) The Taliban has a history of oppressing girls and women. ![8 Things You Should Know About the Taliban](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/57b0ad23-a605-4001-b22e-16740225936a/images/fa06dfc8-93f2-49d3-a950-f88aa2766725.jpeg) The Taliban has a history of persecuting Christians in Afghanistan.

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