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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
The West made the Taliban anyway just because we did not want the Russians to have a foothold in the region. Same thing happened when the West supported Iraq against Iran
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The Taliban, or "students" in the Pashto language, emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. It is believed that the predominantly Pashtun movement first appeared in religious seminaries - mostly paid for by money from Saudi Arabia - which preached a hardline form of Sunni Islam.
The promise made by the Taliban - in Pashtun areas straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan - was to restore peace and security and enforce their own austere version of Sharia, or Islamic law, once in power.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11451718
They were, and still are, supported and aided by Pakistan's ISI.