The Taliban Movement Before and After 2001: How the Taliban Became Suicide Bombers?

Abstract

The Taliban still remains one of the major issues in Afghanistan. The Taliban emerged as a movement with the discourse of bringing justice and peace, and establishing a system based on Islamic Law in Afghanistan. The war weary people of Afghanistan firstly welcomed the Taliban; however, after seeing their radical and strict rules they once again faced the consequences of power greed.The Taliban lost the control of Afghanistan after the invasion of United States-led coalition. The case of Taliban was closed and its forces were defeated. However, in 2003 the Taliban once again came to the scene of Afghanistan creating further trouble for the people of Afghanistan and blocked the process of reconstruction and development. The Taliban has become more radical and adopted suicide attacks as a strategy in their insurgency, a tactic that was never used before by them.