Digital Learning Commons: Modern Conflicts: Taliban

Taliban

Active: 1994 to present

Area of operations: Afghanistan and Pakistan

Size: 60,000 (2014 estimate)

Map of Afghanistan: pink regions controlled by Afghan government, NATO and allies; white regions controlled by the Taliban, Al Qaeda and allies; gray controlled by ISIS and allies.

Map by Ali Zifan via Wikimedia Commons.

Resources

Return of the Taliban
Program from PBS Frontline from 2006 includes videos, maps, and interviews.
Taliban: Counter Extremism Project
In depth report on the Taliban from the Counter Extremism Project.
Taliban: New York Times
Collected news stories and commentary on the Taliban from The New York Times.
Taliban: Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Short summary from Oxford Islamic Studies Online.
Taliban: The Guardian
Collected news articles, commentaries, and features on the Taliban from The Guardian.
Who are the Taliban?
Editor's choice overview from BBC News.