ul lah . ▁From ▁the ▁Tal ib an ▁con quest ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁until ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁the ▁United ▁Front ▁controlled ▁roughly ▁ 3 0 % ▁of ▁Afghan istan ' s ▁population ▁in ▁provinces ▁such ▁as ▁Bad akh sh an , ▁Kap isa , ▁Tak har ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁Par wan , ▁Kun ar , ▁Nur istan , ▁Lag h man , ▁Sam ang an , ▁K und uz , ▁Gh ō r ▁and ▁B am yan . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 5 5 - page ▁report ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations , ▁the ▁Tal ib an , ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁control ▁over ▁northern ▁and ▁western ▁Afghan istan , ▁committed ▁system atic ▁mass ac res ▁against ▁civ ili ans . ▁UN ▁officials ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁" 1 5 ▁mass ac res " ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁They ▁also ▁said , ▁that ▁"[ t ] h ese ▁have ▁been ▁highly ▁system atic ▁and ▁they ▁all ▁lead ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁[ T al ib an ] ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Def ense ▁or ▁to ▁Mul lah ▁O mar ▁himself ." ▁In ▁a ▁major ▁effort ▁to ▁re take ▁the ▁Sh om ali ▁pla ins , ▁the ▁Tal ib an ▁ind isc rimin ately ▁killed ▁civ ili ans , ▁while ▁up root ing ▁and ▁exp elling ▁the ▁population . ▁Kam al ▁H os sein , ▁a ▁special ▁rep orter ▁for ▁the ▁UN , ▁reported ▁on ▁these ▁and ▁other ▁war