 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1996 kusvika muna 2001, maTaliban akabata simba pamusoro peinenge zvikamu zvitatu kubva muzvitatu zveAfghanistan, uye vakamanikidza kududzirwa kwakasimba kwe Sharia, kana mutemo wechiIslam. VaTaliban vakabuda muna 1994 semumwe wemapoka akakurumbira muAfghan Civil War uye vaiwanzova vadzidzi talib vanobva kunzvimbo dzePashtun kumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba kweAfghanistan avo vakadzidziswa muzvikoro zveIslam zvechinyakare, uye vakarwa panguva yeSoviet-Afghan War. Pasi pokutungamirira kwaMohammed Omar, sangano racho rakapararira munenge muAfghanistan yose, richiendesa simba kure navatungamiriri vehondo veMujahideen. Hurumende yeIslam Emirate yeAfghanistan yakagadzwa muna 1996 uye guta guru reAfghanistan rakaendeswa kuKandahar. Rakabata simba rechikamu chikuru chenyika kusvikira raparadzwa pashure pokupinda kweAmerica muAfghanistanmuna December 2001 pashure pokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11. Munguva yehutongi hwekare hweboka, zvikamu zvekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva zvaiitwa neNorthern Alliance, iyo yaichengetedza zvikuru kuzivikanwa kwenyika dzakawanda sekupfuurira kweIslam State yeAfghanistan. Pakukwirira kwayo, kuzivikanwa kwepamutemo kwehurumende yeTaliban kwakazivikanwa nenyika nhatu: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, uye United Arab Emirates. Boka racho rakazobatanazve kuva sangano revapanduki kuti rirwise hurumende yaKarzai yaitsigirwa neAmerica neInternational Security Assistance Force ISAF yaitungamirirwa neNATO muhondo yeAfghanistan. 