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a fundamentalist Islamic militia; between 1996 and 2001, they took over Afghanistan and set up an Islamic government; they still have much power in the area
(A fundamentalist is someone who strongly believes in old, traditional forms of a religion. A militia is an army made of people who are not full-time soldiers.)
(A fundamentalist is someone who strongly believes in old, traditional forms of a religion. A militia is an army made of people who are not full-time soldiers.)
- The shot impacts its targets and spins the Taliban runner like a ballerina.p. 106.1
- A split second later comes another run by an even taller, leaner Taliban.p. 106.3
- This Taliban, like the first, doesn't even realize he's dead, because the brain is slow on the uptake in such situations.p. 106.4
- The Taliban aren't running anymore.p. 106.9
- The Taliban and al-Qaeda had been very clever about leading American soldiers into traps.p. 159.6
- That's why the Taliban and al-Qaeda favored pressure plates and other triggers that were belowground."p. 169.5
- Now we also know that the Taliban has started using old KGB codes to communicate with implanted cells.p. 258.5
- Taliban using a KGB code in Dari coming from West Virginia.p. 258.6
- "What's a very popular tactic that the Taliban employs in Afghanistan?p. 302.7
There are no more uses of "Taliban" in Zero Day.
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