Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun taliban

1 sense of taliban

Sense 1
Taliban, Taleban -- (a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior")
       => religious movement -- (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)