Group · Afghanistan, Pakistan

Taliban

Profiled on MEF Sites

Jihad Intel group profile Origins, leadership, ideology and attacks of the group.

OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list, data of October 13, 2026. The SDN file carries no listing date.
SDN Name	Entry	Program	Match
TALIBAN	6636	SDGT	Exact name match: Taliban

MEF articles naming Taliban, newest first
Date	Article
October 7, 2026	Texas Public Education Must Divest From Islamist Influence
October 1, 2026	The U.S. Can’t Win If It Keeps Rebuffing Allies
September 27, 2026	Pakistan Puts a Counter-Terrorism General at the Helm of the Mecca Defense Alliance
September 18, 2026	Archbishop of Canterbury Withdraws Award to Anti-Israel Muslim Cleric Who Backs Blasphemy Laws
September 17, 2026	9/11 Was My Gateway Drug Into Conservatism
September 15, 2026	U.S. Counterterrorism Officials Are Replicating Their Pakistan Mistakes in Somalia
September 11, 2026	Democratic Socialists of America and the Risk of a New 9/11
September 11, 2026	9/11: The Longest Day
September 11, 2026	What’s Next for America’s Counter-Islamism Policy?
September 11, 2026	On the Anniversary of 9/11, U.S. Ambivalence toward the New ‘Axis of Ikhwan’ Undermines U.S. Security
September 11, 2026	On 9/11 Anniversary, Will Washington Acknowledge How Zalmay Khalilzad Empowered the Taliban?
September 10, 2026	The Soufan Center Will Not Judge Qatar

Showing the 12 most recent of 867 MEF articles naming Taliban, the earliest dated September 1, 2004.

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Cite: Middle East Forum, MEF Research by Name, “Taliban,” accessed October 13, 2026, https://entities.meforum.org/e/taliban/