Key terms: Afghanistan & the Taliban Flashcards
Northern Alliance
Main military opposition to the Taliban. Alliance of Mujaadeen groups
Taliban & its leader
Students of Islam. Led by mullah Omah
Sharia
Strict Islamic law
Ramadan
Month of fasting in the Islamic calender
Mullah
Traditional leader of prayer at a local mosque
Burqa
Enveloping head-to-toe covering worn by Afghan women in some parts of the country, made compulsory under Taliban.
Fatwa
Legal ruling issued by the ulama
Jihad
Effort or struggle to become a good muslim. Also a holy war to defend or spread Islam.
Madrassa
Islamic schools which teach religious subjects
Mehrem
A male blood relative who should accompany a women during travel according to strict Islamic law.
Mujaheddin
Holy warriors fighting a Jihad. Resist Soviet occupation
Munkrat
Religious police
When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
When did they withdraw
Invaded in December 1979
Withdraw in 1989
When did the civil war begin?
1992
When was the Taliban formed and how?
Taliban was formed in response to factionalism in November 1994
Define Factionalism
a faction is a group of individuals with a common political purpose
When did the Taliban capture the capital Kabul?
September 27 1996
What and when was the Herat Massacre?
in 1998, Shi’ite muslims were targeted and killed by the Taliban
What’s significant about September 11 2001?
Al Qaeda attacks on the world trade centre and the pentagon
When was American invasion of Afghanistan?
What do they do with Taliban?
October 2001 - They deposes the Taliban and warlords take back control of ethnic regions
