The Taliban
1. In what year does the Taliban emerge? _____________
2. Briefly describe the history of the Soviet invasion/occupation of Afghanistan.
3. The CIA financed the intelligence service of what nation with the goal of Afghan resistance fighters?
4. Who are the "mujahedeen" and when did they take power in Afghanistan's capital?
5. Why were US stinger missiles so important in the Afghan-Soviet conflict?
6. What does the word "Talib" mean?
7. What did the Taliban offer to Afghans that the population found appealing?
8. Provide examples of "reforms" initiated by the Taliban.
9. In what year did Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda relocate to Afghanistan (& why?)
10. Describe Mullah Omar and his relationship with bin Laden.
11. Al Qaeda attacks were perpetrated against US embassies in _________ and against the naval vessel the USS Cole in _________.
12. What was the "Northern Alliance"?
13. In what year did Afghanistan have its first free elections? _____________