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Meaning of Taliban | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtælɪbæn

Definitions

  1. 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. A Taliban militia.
  3. A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Equivalents

বাংলা তালেবান
Čeština Tálibán
Deutsch Talib Taliban
Ελληνικά ταλιμπάν
Español talibán
Français taleb taliban taliban talibane talibans
ગુજરાતી તાલિબાન
हिन्दी तालिब
Հայերեն թալիբ Թալիբան
ខ្មែរ តាលីបង់
한국어 탈레반 탈레브 탈리반 탈리브
Kurdî taleb talib
മലയാളം താലിബാൻ
Polski talib
Português Talibã taliban taliban
Русский талиб Талибан
Српски taliban талибан
Тоҷикӣ Толибон
اردو طالبان

Examples

“We will deal with the Afghan Taliban through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani Taliban with bullets.”
“Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans.”
“The Pakistani Taliban, an offspring of the Afghan Taliban, are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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