The word Taliban is from the Pashto طالبان ṭālibān, "students", loaned from Arabic, طالب ṭālib, the Arabic plural being طلاب ṭullāb.
Since becoming a loanword in English, Taliban besides a plural noun referring to the group is also used as a singular noun referring to an individual. For example, John Walker Lindh has been referred to as "an American Taliban" besides the more correct "an American Talib".
Taliban press conference in Pakistan after the September 11th attacks, declaring they will not extradite Osama bin Laden without evidence
The Taliban's destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in March 21, 2001
A member of the Taliban's religious police beating a woman in Kabul on August 26, 2001.
Taliban in Herat, July 2001.
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