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Parent topics
- Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [e]
- Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
Subtopics
- Muhammad Omar [r]: Salafist cleric and leader of the Taliban [e]
- Baitullah Mehsud [r]: Leader of Pakistan's main Taliban faction, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which intends to overthrow the government [e]
- Quetta Shura [r]: The core Afghan Taliban leadership group believed to be in Quetta, Pakistan, after being driven out of Afghanistan, and still led by Mullah Omar; leadership over native Pakistani Taliban is not clear [e]
- Malala Yousafzai [r]: Pashtun student from Pakistan, internationally known for being a children's rights and women's activist. [e]
- Balochistan Province [r]: The largest province of Pakistan (also written Baluchistan); relatively autonomous like the Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas; capital is Quetta; borders Iran and Afghanistan. [e]
- Federally Administered Tribal Area [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northwest Frontier Province [r]: A region of Pakistan, traditionally semi-autonomous under tribal rule, bordering Afghanistan] and the Federally Administered Tribal Area [e]
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan [r]: A Central Asian jihadist movement, centered on the Ferghana Valley, where the borders of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzistan, and Tajikistan meet; affiliated with the Taliban and al-Qaeda and may be based in Afghanistan [e]
- Jamaat-i-Islami [r]: Pakistan's oldest Islamist religious party, marginal in national politics but more powerful in the semi-autonomous frontier provinces; possibly affiliated with the Taliban [e]