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Tali·ban (tal′ə ban′, tä′lə bän′)

noun

a militant fundamentalist-Islamic movement, chiefly in Afghanistan: it took control of much of Afghanistan during the 1990s and was deposed by U.S.-led forces in 2001
Brit. sp. Taleban Tal′e·ban′

Etymology: < Ar or Pers, seekers, students

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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