The Taliban

The Taliban executed Sultan Amir Tarar, who is better known as Colonel Imam, in North Waziristan. Tarar is called the godfather of the Taliban for advising and training the group during its rise to power in the 1990s.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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