A member of the Taliban.

plural of Talib

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.

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

To convert something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.

simple past tense and past participle of Talibanize

Governed by the Taliban / That has undergone Talibanization

The process of converting something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.

Reminiscent of the Taliban.

(informal, Afghanistan) The region of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. / (informal, offensive, Pakistan) Waziristan.