Taliban

Summary

Taliban is a terrorist organization^[1]. Taliban ranks in the top 2% of terrorist_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,033 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Taliban's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam^[3].
• Taliban is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Taliban's image is recorded as Taliban insurgents turn themselves in to Afghan National Security Forces at a forward operating base in Puza-i-Eshan -a.jpg^[5].
• Taliban's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization^[6].
• Taliban's instance of is recorded as political movement^[7].
• Taliban's instance of is recorded as military organization^[8].
• Taliban's instance of is recorded as religious organization^[9].
• Taliban's instance of is recorded as political organization^[10].
• Taliban's flag image is recorded as Flag of the Taliban.svg^[11].
• Taliban's founder is recorded as Mohammed Omar^[12].
• Taliban's founder is recorded as Abdul Ghani Baradar^[13].
• Taliban's headquarters location is recorded as Afghanistan^[14].
• Taliban's headquarters location is recorded as Pakistan^[15].
• Taliban's headquarters location is recorded as Qatar^[16].
• Taliban's flag is recorded as flag of the Taliban^[17].
• Taliban's ISNI is recorded as 0000000106792027^[18].
• Taliban's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 121766659^[19].
• Taliban's GND ID is recorded as 4512012-2^[20].
• Taliban's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no98126907^[21].
• Taliban's Commons category is recorded as Taliban^[22].
• Taliban's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations^[23].
• Taliban's chairperson is recorded as Hibatullah Akhundzada^[24].
• Taliban's country of origin is recorded as Afghanistan^[25].
• +1994-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Taliban^[26].
• Taliban's participated in conflict is recorded as Afghan Conflict^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Mohammed Omar^[12] and Abdul Ghani Baradar^[13]. +1994-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Taliban^[26]. Taliban's location of formation is recorded as Kandahar^[28].

Leadership

Taliban's chairperson is recorded as Hibatullah Akhundzada^[24].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Afghanistan^[14], a sovereign state^[29], in Afghanistan^[30], founded in 1709^[31]; Pakistan^[15], a sovereign state^[32], in Pakistan^[33], founded in 1947^[34]; and Qatar^[16], an Emirate^[35], in Qatar^[36], founded in 1870^[37].

Industry

Taliban's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations^[23].

Why It Matters

Taliban ranks in the top 2% of terrorist_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,033 views/month).^[2] Taliban has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Taliban is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]