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# Afghanistan: The Wounded Land - Part 3: Taliban | Trailer
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/doc-world/trailers/doc-world-afghanistan-the-wounded-land-taliban-trailer/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:50:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T13:14:50.000Z
- Description: While fighting in Afghanistan turned into a civil war, the Taliban emerged triumphantly.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Doc World, #ZZZ_Show_9465c414-dfa5-4739-85b0-2b204758369e, #geo-us, #v1.5, #ZZZ_Trailer_8a7d51d0-fe39-4730-a083-d127baed098d, #trailer

Although the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan was over, ethnic groups and Mujahideen factions kept fighting. And so, the country entered into a ruthless Civil War. With Pakistan's support and the blessing of the clergy, the Taliban emerged and triumphed, turning Afghanistan into a lab for a new type of Islamic state and the training ground for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.