'Afghanistan is the graveyard of Empires.' This age-old adage has proved to be true in every era. America is the most recent example after Alexander, Mughal, British, Soviet Union. America has spent more than 61 lakh crore rupees in Afghanistan. More than 2,300 American soldiers were killed. Eventually, America had to leave Afghanistan. The name of the group that has evaded America for 20 years and forced it to leave the country is- Taliban.
A day earlier i.e. till August 15, 2021, the Taliban have captured the whole of Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul. The Afghan army has agreed to a deal with the Taliban. Once again, the power of the Taliban is believed to be fixed in Afghanistan.
It is the early 1980s. Soviet Union troops had arrived in Afghanistan. The Afghan government was running under its protection. Many Mujahideen groups were fighting against the army and the government. These Mujahideen used to get help from America and Pakistan. By 1989 the Soviet Union withdrew its forces. The fighters fighting against it now started fighting amongst themselves. One such fighter was Mullah Mohammad Umar. He started the Taliban movement with some Pashtun youths.
Like the government of any country, the Taliban also runs. There is ahead of the whole organization. After that, there are three deputy leaders. They have a leadership council, which is called Rahbari Shura. After that, there are commissions of different departments. Separate governors and commanders are also appointed for each province.
The Taliban do not publish any details of their accounts. It is difficult to ascertain his exact earnings and assets. In 2016, Forbes estimated the Taliban's annual turnover at Rs 2,968 crore. According to the confidential report of NATO obtained by Radio Free Europe, the annual budget of the Taliban in 2019-20 was about 11 thousand crores.
On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked 4 US passenger planes. Two of these planes were crashed in the World Trade Center, 1 plane at the Pentagon and 1 plane in an unknown place. 2996 people died in this attack. Al Qaeda was behind this attack. America became thirsty for the blood of Osama bin Laden. Osama first hid in Sudan, then took refuge in Afghanistan. When America came to know about this, it broke down on Afghanistan. At that time Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban.
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