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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Added cross-reference. | Aug 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mapping Militants Project - Taliban. | May 04, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Origins - Who Are the Taliban? | Nov 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foriegn Relations - The Taliban in Afghanistan. | Aug 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Who Are the Taliban? | Apr 20, 2022 | ||
| Updated the discussion of Taliban rule after the group took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. | Mar 31, 2022 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Nov 03, 2021 | ||
| Added discussion of the Taliban's return to power in 2021. | Sep 24, 2021 | ||
| Added mention of the Taliban's capture of Kabul in August 2021. | Aug 16, 2021 | ||
| Updated the discussion of the Taliban insurgency in 2021. | Aug 13, 2021 | ||
| Added mention of the Taliban insurgency during the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021. | Jun 24, 2021 | ||
| Updated the discussion of negotiations between the Taliban and Afghanistan's central government. | Apr 21, 2021 | ||
| Added mention of negotiations between the Taliban and Afghanistan's central government in 2020. | Sep 16, 2020 | ||
| Updated the discussion of negotiations with the United States. | Mar 02, 2020 | ||
| Updated the discussion of peace talks with the United States. | Sep 11, 2019 | ||
| Added mention of the inclusion of Afghan government officials in the July 2019 round of peace talks. | Jul 11, 2019 | ||
| Added mention of the peace talks with the United States. | Feb 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Taliban. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mount Hoyoke - Origins of the Taliban. | Aug 10, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention the death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in May 2016. | May 24, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention the death of Mullah Omar in 2013, which became publicly known in July 2015. | Aug 05, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - The Taliban, Afghanistan. | Apr 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of West Florida - Pakistan - Taliban, Afghanistan. | Apr 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Taliban. | Jul 04, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Taliban. | Jul 04, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Taliban. | Jul 04, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Taliban. | Jul 04, 2011 | ||
| Final editorial review. | Sep 01, 2010 | ||
| Changed "Persian" to "Pashto." | Aug 31, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 07, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 13, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 21, 2001 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 28, 2001 |
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