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Television and pictures of living things were banned under the previous Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, but a similar edict has so far not been imposed since ...

The Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, when it was ousted for harboring al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

Click image to view the slideshow of the Taliban Leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban Leadership presentation looks at the major players in the Taliban movement in Pakistan and ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside a commander from the militant Haqqani network in a photo posted on a ...