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#1: What is the taliban? First emerged in Pakistan in 1994 - A fundamentalist group of Sunni Muslims who were under very strict interpretation of Islamic Law - Most of Taliban's Leader were educated in refugee camps in Pakistan, after the Soviet Invasion, were they were taught strict Islamic law - Present mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan - Wants to establish an Islamic State in Afghanistan - Conducted the 9/11 attacksT -the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. But international organizations and countries pushed them out after the 9/11 attacksBut, recently have started gaining more power again especially through terrorist attacks - Targeted by many militaries worldwide. - Conducts lots of terrorist attacks by suicide bombings and other attacks, especially throughout Afghanistan |
#2: Why is there a new leader? - Previous Taliban leader was killed by a U.S Airstrike on Saturday the 28th - He was targeted by the U.S because he resisted peace talks, and the killing of many innocent civilians - Mullah Mansour was a threat to U.S forces stationed in Afghanistan - Mullah Mansour, the previous leader, was placed as leader in September 2015, he had been the deputy of Mullah Omar, who was killed, and was highly against peace talks with any countries. - His death was confirmed on Monday the 31. - Many people think that the only possible way to get peace in middle east is by peace talks between the government in Kabul and the Taliban. - The Taliban talked with the Afghan government in July 2015, but further peace talks are yet to occur - The new leader of the Taliban was elected by 36 senior members of the Taliban |
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#3: Who is the new leader: - Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada - Not much information has been released to the public yet. - senior religious cleric - Religious scholar who was close to the previous leader - Taliban claims he is 47 years old - Did judical works between 1996 and 2001 - After worked as the Taliban's chief justice - New leader will be a harder target because he has a mysterious background but has a cruel reputation - People are worried he will use more terrorist talks rather than peace talks to get his way. - - - -How he deals with the issues that are going on in the Taliban will impact the entire world. |
#4: What issues will he have to deal with? - Managing Pakistan - Previously the Taliban just had to avoid military action on Pakistan's land or they would be tolerated. But, Pakistan recently changed its mind. The Taliban must negotiate with the Kabul government or they will be targeted by Pakistan - Previous leader refused peace talks, but hopes that Hibatullah will take this negotiation seriously - Uniting senior taliban with younger taliban. Younger ranks of Taliban are more willing to have peace talks. - Managing Afghanistan - Members of the Taliban are being imprisoned and execctued by the Afghan government - On June 5, Taliban kills 7 and wounds 23 afghan prosecuters. - One of the people killed was a U.S citizen who was a broadcaster on NPR. This is going to tension the U.S realtionships with the Taliban - Peace talks with Afghanistan would help to stabilize the government. |
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#5: what issues will he have to deal with? The U.S Air Strike in Pakistan - has to base himself so he is not at risk of the bombs - Will have to worry about this more if peace talks don't happen - Peace Talks - On May 26, the U.S Military said that their was little hope of having peace talks with the U.S after the new leader is elected - U.S is unlikely to end the war with the Taliban unless they have a peace talk. - U.S supports ending the conflict in Afghanistan with the Taliban through negotiations - The Quadrilateral Coordination Group ( Pakistan, Afghanistan, the U.S and China) trying to schedule a peace talk between the Afghan Government and the Taliban. But, not further movement has been taken. |
#6: What will the new leader of the Taliban have to deal with? - The Taliban's competition - Al Qaeda and ISIS are both active in Afghanistan and PakistanIn the past, - ISIS has challenged Taliban's land in the middle east - Mullan Mansoor the previous leader, launched military operations to keep ISIS away - Although ISIS has become a greater threat to the world in the past year it relevance in Afghanistan is becoming lesser |
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#7: Strands Culture - The Taliban is founded by religous beliefs Government - Different governments are dealing with the issue of the Taliban in different ways History - The Taliban has a long history and many different leaders |
#8: Why is this Tommorows History - Leaders make many important decisions for countries, like what war strategies they are going to use and how to deal with issues. -Electing a leader can cause more tension between governments - How the new leader deals with these topics has a large impact on the word. |
