Did you know that there have been genocides that have taken the lives of more people than the well-known Jewish Holocaust? According to “The Nation, Afghan War, Afghan Holocaust & Afghan Genocide” the Afghan Genocide has reached the dimensions of the World War 2 Jewish Holocaust, with 5-6 million dead, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation. The Taliban, a group of Islamic extremists took control of many areas in the Middle East, trying to eliminate all ethnic minorities. As the Taliban began to take power, they allied with Al Qaeda against the US, Saudi Arabia, and the West. They not only took the lives of many innocent Afghan people, they were the cause of the horrendous 9/11 attacks in the US. The mass murders caused by the Taliban can be considered
