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Taliban meaning in Pashto

طالبان tālibān

/ˈtælɪbæn/

Taliban in Pashto: طالبان (tālibān), طالب (tāléb). In English, Taliban means a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

Pashto words for Taliban

Islamist movement in Afghanistan
طالبان tālibān
militia
طالبان tālebān
member of the Taliban movement or its militia
طالب tāléb

English meaning of Taliban

  1. proper noun A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.
  2. noun A Taliban militia.
  3. noun A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.
  4. noun A censorious or bigoted moralist.

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Questions about Taliban in Pashto

What is the meaning of Taliban in Pashto?
Taliban in Pashto is طالبان (tālibān), طالب (tāléb).
Taliban په پښتو کې څه معنی لري؟
Taliban: طالبان (tālibān), طالب (tāléb).
What does Taliban mean in English?
Taliban means a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

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