The Taliban By Peter Marsden

The Taliban. Something that each individual in the modern world has heard of. But with as all the other stories in the world, it is shown as a “single story” in the words of Chimamanda Adichi. The Taliban was created through the political instability in Afghanistan, and is spreading to other countries such as Pakistan. Based on the work of, The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan by Peter Marsden, it is evident that the Taliban is an extremist Islamic group that has taken control over Afghanistan is currently expanding its empire, engulfing the rural parts of the Middle East. The Taliban is not only harmful to the countries they reign in, by directly harming the civilians, but also to the neighboring countries such as Pakistan and should be removed of immediately to prevent any further damage.
They had fought against tyranny in Afghanistan, yet they have become a tyranny themselves. In fact, they leave no opportunity to display their supremacy in the country. When they rose to power one of the first duties they fulfilled was to rid any traces of the opposition. In September 1996, the ex-president Najibullah was hung alongside his brother in a public square in Kabul. This not only crushed the opposition, but also sent the message that they should not try to speak against the Taliban, the new government, or they too will be hung. The lives of the Afghani civilians are completely regulated by the laws of the Taliban and efforts have been made, although mostly unsuccessful, to help them. Afghani girls were banned from attending school on the basis that they had not developed an “appropriate” Islamic curriculum for them. Slowly and steadily, they spread to the nearby countries as