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Taliban — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Taliban name A Deobandi Islamist political and military movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994, which has governed the country intermittently since 1996.

Senses

Taliban is used for these senses in English:

  • Taliban A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

Taliban — full definition

  1. name A Deobandi Islamist political and military movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994, which has governed the country intermittently since 1996.
  2. noun A member of the Taliban movement or its fighters.