the taliban emerged at least in part out of united front.
the taliban emerged at least in part out of which of the following?
united front
from 1996 to 2001, the taliban held power over roughly three quarters of afghanistan, and enforced there a strict interpretation of sharia, or islamic law. the taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the afghan civil war and largely consisted of students ("talib") from the pashtun areas of eastern and southern afghanistan who had been educated in traditional islamic schools, and fought during the soviet–afghan war. under the leadership of mohammed omar, the movement spread throughout most of afghanistan, sequestering power from the mujahideen warlords. the totalitarian islamic emirate of afghanistan was established in 1996 and the afghan capital was transferred to kandahar. it held control of most of the country until being overthrown after the american-led invasion of afghanistan in december 2001 following the september 11 attacks. at its peak, formal diplomatic recognition of the taliban's government was acknowledged by only three nations: pakistan, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates. the group later regrouped as an insurgency movement to fight the american-backed karzai administration and the nato-led international security assistance force (isaf) in the war in afghanistan.
taliban
when the taliban emerged in the mid-1990s, karzai initially recognized them as a legitimate government because he thought that they would stop the violence and corruption in his country. he was requested by the taliban to serve as their ambassador but he refused, telling friends that he felt pakistan's inter-services intelligence (isi) was wrongly using them. he lived in the pakistani city of quetta among the afghan refugees, where he worked to reinstate former afghan king zahir shah. in july 1999, karzai's father, abdul ahad karzai, was gunned down early in the morning while coming home from a mosque in the city of quetta. reports suggest that the taliban carried out the assassination. following this incident, karzai decided to work closely with the northern alliance, which was led by ahmad shah massoud.
hamid karzai