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"students"), alternative spelling Taleban, is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. It spread into Afghanistan and formed a government, ruling as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from September 1996 until December 2001, with Kandahar as the capital. However, it gained diplomatic recognition from only three states: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Mohammed Omar has been serving as the spiritual leader of the Taliban since 1994. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepares to receive soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the final noncombatant evacuation operation missions at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. The U.S. airlifted 124,000 people out of Kabul over about six weeks as the American-backed Afghan military and government fell to the Taliban. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

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In this file photo taken on Oct. 26, 2016, Pakistan's Inam Khan, owner of a book shop shows a copy of a magazine with the photograph of Afghan refugee woman Sharbat Gulla, from his rare collection in Islamabad, Pakistan. National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday. The office of Premier Mario Draghi said Italy had organized the evacuation of Sharbat Gulla after she asked to be helped to leave the country. The Italian government will now help to welcome her and get her integrated into life here, the statement said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq, File)

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Gul Mohammed, who works as a host in the Ariana Cinema, poses for a photograph in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. After seizing power three months ago, the Taliban ordered cinemas to stop operating.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Now silent under Taliban, a Kabul cinema awaits its fate

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq, File)

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Shola Yawari, left, and her teenage daughter Asma Yawari pose for photos at their home in Aurora, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Asma Yawari has built a close friendship with her younger cousin in Afghanistan through phone calls and text messages. Since the Taliban takeover, both Asma and her mother worry for their relative's future, amid uncertainty over her access to school and ability to pursue her interests and passions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Afghan girls, faraway relatives worry over dreams disrupted

Taliban fighters block roads after an explosion Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. An explosion went off Tuesday at the entrance of a military hospital in Kabul, killing severa; people and wounding over a dozen, health officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmad Halabisaz)

Blast near Kabul hospital kills 3, wounds 16, medics say

In this file photo, Shiite Muslims participate in a demonstration to condemn Friday's deadly suicide bombing at the Fatimiya Mosque in the Afghan province of Kandahar, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. A fact sheet released on Oct. 27 by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom found that members of minority Muslim religious communities in Afghanistan — as well as non-Muslims, atheists and converts to Christianity — are “at grave threat” under the Taliban’s rule. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri) **FILE**

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In this Aug. 22, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan man who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan says the Biden administration has ignored his pleas for help to evacuate his two young sons from Afghanistan after their mother died of a heart attack while being threatened by the Taliban. The International Refugee Assistance Project on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Antony Bilken on the man's behalf. The father fears for his children's safety and asked that he be identified only by his first name, Mohammad. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

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Taliban fighters stand guard during women's protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmad Halabisaz) ** FILE **

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In this May 20, 2021, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Khalilzad is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country. The State Department says former ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will leave the post this week after more than three years on the job. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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An Afghan man inspects the inside of a mosque following a suicide bombers attack in the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers, killing several people and wounding others, according to a hospital official and a witness. (AP Photo/Sidiqullah Khan)

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Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of a virtual summit of the Group of 20 dedicated to Afghanistan in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The European Union announced a 1 billion euro support package in support for the Afghan people on Tuesday but warned that humanitarian aid in itself will not suffice to keep hunger at bay as winter comes closer. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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An Afghan girl walks outside a mosque marked by bullet holes at a village in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Taliban fighters ride in the back of a vehicle during a night patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The Taliban are shifting from being warriors to an urban police force. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ** FILE **

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Taliban announced that it would soon form a new government, the CCP’s mouthpiece the Global Times, reported in an op-ed that it would be “impulsive and irrational to decide whether to develop relations with the new regime in Afghanistan” based on these conditions alone.

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"The NRF forces are present in all strategic positions across the vale to continue the fight," the group said in a statement on Twitter. "We assure the [people] of Afghanistan that the struggle against the Taliban & their partners will continue until justice & freedom prevail."

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