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Taliban

By: Mary Sisson & Tim Anderson
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Edited by: Gus Martin
Subject:Terrorism, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, International Security (general)
Keywords:Afghanistan; al Qaeda; insurgency; Pakistan; Pakistani Taliban; Taliban; warlords

The Taliban is a religious and military movement that seized control of large portions of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s. While the Taliban was initially seen as a stabilizing force in war-torn Afghanistan, the movement's embrace of a radical form of Islam ...

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  Sisson, M., & Anderson, T. (2011). Taliban. In G. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of terrorism (pp. 571-575). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n385
  
  Sisson, Mary, and Tim Anderson. "Taliban." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, 2nd ed.edited by Martin, Gus, 571-75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n385.
  
  Sisson, M. and Anderson, T. 2011. Taliban. In: Gus Martin Editor, 2011. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, 2nd edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 571-575 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n385> [Accessed 25 Jun 2021].
  
  Sisson, Mary and Tim Anderson. "Taliban." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Edited by Gus Martin.2nd ed Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 571-75. SAGE Knowledge. 25 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n385.
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