Taliban (Earth-616)

Taliban
Name	Taliban
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Allies	Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden
Enemies	U.S. Army, NATO, X-Statix
Origin and Status
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Afghanistan; Pakistan
Place of Formation	Afghanistan
Creators and Appearances
First	X-Statix #15 (November, 2003)
First	X-Statix #15 (November, 2003)

The Taliban were an Islamic extremist militant group in Afghanistan.

History

In 1996, the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, and achieved global notoriety by harboring and hiding Osama bin Laden, architect of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Their government was overthrown and a democracy installed, but the country remained occupied by NATO peacekeeping forces as the Taliban's presence remained.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Taliban (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Taliban (Earth-616)
• 6 mention(s) of Taliban (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Taliban (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Taliban (Earth-616)