The Taliban ( ' "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, which refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. Since 2016, the Taliban's leader is Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. 

From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban held power over roughly three quarters of Afghanistan, and enforced there a strict interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law. The Taliban emerged in 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War, and largely consisted of students recently trained in madrassas in Pakistan. Under the leadership of Mohammed Omar, the movement spread throughout most of Afghanistan, sequestering power from the Mujahideen warlords. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was established in 1996 and the Afghan capital transferred to Kandahar. It held control of most of the country until being overthrown by the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in December 2001 following the September 11 attacks. At its peak, formal diplomatic recognition of the Taliban's government was acknowledged by only three nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The group later regrouped as an insurgency movement to fight the American-backed Karzai administration and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
between what years did they hold power?
where?
what law did they enforce?
Where did the students train?
in which country?
which countries acknowledged them?
what do Taliban refer to themselves?
what did they regroup as later?
to fight who?
was that it?
who is the latest head mentioned?
when did the group emerge?
who was the leader then?
are they christian?
then what?
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were they ever defeated?
when?
what else happened in 2001?
1996 to 2001
1996 to 2001
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Sharia, or Islamic law
 Sharia, or Islamic law
madrassas
 madrassas
Pakistan.
Pakistan.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundame
an insurgency movement
an insurgency movement
Karzai administration
Karzai administration
and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force
and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force 
Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
1994
1994 
Mohammed Omar,
 Mohammed Omar, 
No
is a Sunni Islamic
Sunni Islamic
 Sunni Islamic
Mujahideen warlords
 Mujahideen warlords
Kandahar
Kandahar
Yes
being overthrown by the American-led invasion of Afghanistan
December 2001
December 2001
September 11 attacks
 September 11 attacks