It was also known Know that those in this crowd were predominantly displaced members of the Salarzai Tribe , which has supported Supporting Pakistan Army operations Military_operation against the Pakistani Taliban within the Bajaur tribal regions .

No particular militant group has of yet claimed Statement responsibility for this suicide attack Terrorism , although the Pakistani Taliban are strong suspects Committing_crime .

The Pakistani Prime Minister , Yousaf Raza Gillani later condemned Judgment_communication this suicide attack Terrorism , and claimed Statement that such military offensives Attack would continue against the Pakistani Taliban .

This statement Statement will be met with a certain degree of approval Preventing_or_letting in the U.S , as Pakistan has recently been pressured Influence to launch Process_start a major ground-offensive in the nearby North Waziristan tribal region , in order to root-out and destroy Destroying the last major remaining safe-haven for Radical Islamist and Pakistani Taliban insurgents within the country .

The Pakistani Taliban later claimed Statement responsibility for this suicide attack Terrorism .

Large vats of opium were abandoned GiveUp while still being boiled as the Taliban fled Escaping the assault .

Twenty Taliban fighters defending Defending the drugs were killed Killing .

Operation Sond Chara ( Red Dagger in Pashto ) was an 18-day-long campaign with its aims and objectives centred Placing on four Taliban strongholds near the town of Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province , Afghanistan .

1,500 British troops were involved Cause_to_be_included , supported Supporting by Danish , Estonian and Afghan forces in the pre-Christmas offensive , commencing on 7 December 2008 with a night attack on Taliban defences in a village south of the operational area .

The offensive was intended to secure the area around the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah after an increase in insurgent attacks there ( including a 300-man Taliban assault ) , as well as helping to safeguard Preserving a planned voter registration programme .

By its climax on 25 December 2008 , 100 Taliban fighters , one reportedly a senior commander , were killed Killing .

Witnesses saw the suicide bomber Terrorism arrive Arriving on foot and proceed Self_motion to detonate Terrorism his explosives , near the demonstration Protest of the Jamaat-e-Islami , a group that is reportedly sympathetic to the Taliban .

“ I want to emphasize that this is not an inter-religious crisis and it is not the Taliban group that attacked Judgment_communication the security agents first , no .

After touching down Arriving in Amritsar , Lahore , and Dubai , the hijackers Attack finally forced the aircraft to land Motion in Kandahar , Afghanistan , which at the time was controlled Control by the Taliban .

At that time , most of Afghanistan , including Kandahar where the plane landed Motion , was under Taliban control Control .

Initially it was thought Know that Taliban was on Indian side but later it became Becoming apparent that they are working in collaboration with ISI .

Taliban fighters surrounded Surrounding the aircraft to prevent Preventing_or_letting any Indian military intervention , which was found Know by current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval when he landed Motion there and they also found Know two ISI men were on the tarmac and others soon joined Becoming_a_member them in which one was a lieutenant colonel and the other a major .

Doval said Communication that if the Taliban hijackers Attack did not have ISI support Supporting , India could have resolved Resolve_problem the crisis .

The Taliban insurgency began Process_start shortly after the group 's fall from power following the 2001 War in Afghanistan .

The Taliban conduct Action low-intensity warfare against Afghan National Security Forces and their NATO allies .

The leader of the Taliban is Hibatullah Akhundzada , who heads Communication the Quetta Shura .

On 22 February 2012 , U.S. troops at Bagram Base disposed Emptying of copies of the Quran that had been used Using by Taliban prisoners to write Writing messages to each other .

The Taliban later claimed Statement responsibility for the explosion , and said Telling it was retaliation for the local militia 's support Supporting for Pakistani security forces in carrying out Action anti-Taliban operations .

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani issued Creating a statement condemning Judgment_communication the attacks , though the government was also criticised Judgment_communication for its lack of support Supporting for those affected Influence by the Taliban .

Its objective was to clear Emptying Helmand province of the Taliban .

NATO officials reported Reporting that , contrary to previous operations , Taliban fighters were avoiding Preventing_or_letting direct confrontation in favor of guerilla tactics .

One part of the mission was Operation Volcano , where British Royal Marines successfully cleared Emptying a large Taliban complex near the Kajakai Dam , as well as Operation Kryptonite which actually saw the clearing of the dam by allied forces .

Holder said Statement the Pakistani Taliban directed the attack and may have financed Supply it .

He was reported Reporting to be known Know in the area for the strong stand he took Conquering against Taliban forces .

`` Now I guess Coming_to_believe that Arghandab can become Becoming a station of the Taliban .

CIA paramilitary officers , working with their allies , attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces .

Between March 2 and March 16 , 2002 1,700 airlifted Bringing U.S. troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia battled Hostile_encounter between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain Getting control of the valley .

The Taliban and al-Qaeda forces fired Use_firearm mortars and heavy machine guns from entrenched positions in the caves and ridges of the mountainous terrain at U.S. forces attempting to secure the area .

Afghan Taliban commander Maulavi Saifur Rahman Mansoor later led Taliban reinforcements to join Becoming_a_member the battle .

Afghan Taliban commander Maulavi Saifur Rahman Mansoor later led Taliban reinforcements to join Becoming_a_member the battle .

When news of the killings broke Process_start , both Hizb-e Islami and the Taliban initially claimed Statement responsibility for the attack Attack , accusing Judgment_communication the doctors of proselytism and spying .

These claims Statement were later refuted Judgment_communication by Taliban leaders in Nuristan and Badakhshan , who stated Statement that they had confirmed Check the dead were bona-fide aid workers , condemned Judgment_communication the killings as murder , and offered Giving their condolences to the families of those killed .

This article covers the Afghan history between the Taliban 's conquest Conquering of Kabul and their establishing Creating of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 27 September 1996 , and the U.S. and U.K. invasion Attack of Afghanistan on 7 October 2001 : a period that was part of the Afghan civil war that had started Process_start in 1989 , and also part of the war ( in wider sense ) in Afghanistan that had started Process_start in 1978 .

The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained Presence the recognized government of Afghanistan of most of the international community , the Taliban 's Islamic Emirate however received Receiving recognition Judgment_communication from Saudi Arabia , Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates .

The defense Defending minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan , Ahmad Shah Massoud , created Creating the United Front ( Northern Alliance ) in opposition to the Taliban .

During the conflict , the Taliban received Receiving military support Supporting from Pakistan and financial support Supporting from Saudi Arabia .

The operation was a follow-up operation Military_operation of Operation Anaconda and was meant Statement to kill Killing or capture Conquering the remaining Al-Qaida and Taliban rebels .

Operation Jacana includes Cause_to_be_included the following operations : All these operations were meant Statement to `` clean up '' the remaining Presence Al-Qaida and Taliban forces out of the area of operations .

The group was celebrating Social_event a wedding Forming_relationships at a housing complex in the village of Wech Baghtu , a Taliban stronghold in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province , Afghanistan .

The Afghan government accused Judgment_communication the Taliban of seeking shelter near the wedding Forming_relationships party .