Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

1. What is the Taliban?
- is an Islamist militia group that ruled large parts of Afghanistan.

2. During what time did they control Afghanistan?
- from September 1996 to 2001
3. What guided Taliban rule (philosophy/religion)? List two laws that they enforced.
- men were ordered to grow beardes.
- Women were forced to wear the burqa in public.

4. What was the set of laws called that the Taliban regime used? List two prohobitions they had (things they people weren't allowed to eat/drink/etc.
.-taliban created a government agency. called the ministry for ordering what is right and forbidding what is wrong. to enforce its fundamental rules of behavior taliban leaders banned
music, shut down cinemas and burned films, and buldozed bottles and cans of alchohol.

5. What event made the US get involved with the Taliban?
.-9/11

6. In 1-2 sentences, describe the treatment of women under Taliban rule.
.-women were told to cover themselfs from head to toe in burkas. improperly dressed women were beaten.