Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

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

2. During what time did they control Afghanistan?
-september 11, 2001 to present

3. What guided Taliban rule (philosophy/religion)? List two laws that they enforced.
-Deobandi fundamentalism
- social and cultural norm called Pashtunwali

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.
-Sharia law
-guys couldnt shave
-women couldnt b treated by a male doctor without a male with them which caused illnesses to be untreated
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.
They were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of eight, and until then were permitted only to study the Qur'an. and must wear the burqa in public