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a:49:{s:10:"the_blp_id";s:11:"most-recent";s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:42:"The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Taliban";s:9:"the_title";s:42:"The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Taliban";s:13:"the_permalink";s:74:"https://www.islamicity.org/79086/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-the-taliban/";s:6:"the_id";i:79086;s:14:"the_view_count";s:4:"2580";s:17:"the_comment_count";s:1:"0";s:8:"the_date";s:11:"Sep 26 2021";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:43:"September 25, 2021 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:17:"the_image_caption";s:0:"";s:18:"the_embed_cf_value";s:0:"";s:22:"the_thumbnail_cf_value";s:69:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/taliban-2.jpg";s:9:"the_image";s:431:" <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/79086/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-the-taliban/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/taliban-2.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> ";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:169:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/taliban-2.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:15:"the_author_name";s:13:"Basheer Ahmed";s:15:"the_author_full";s:208:"By: Basheer Ahmed   Source: IslamiCity ";s:12:"the_by_terms";s:64:"Basheer Ahmed";s:16:"the_source_terms";s:54:" IslamiCity ";s:18:"the_category_terms";s:225:"Asia, Featured, World Affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_terms";s:251:"Afghanistan, Taliban, War In Afghanistan (2001-2021)";s:16:"the_values_terms";N;s:18:"the_channels_terms";N;s:18:"the_category_slugs";s:27:"asia featured world-affairs";s:18:"the_post_tag_slugs";s:48:"afghanistan taliban war-in-afghanistan-2001-2021";s:16:"the_values_slugs";s:0:"";s:18:"the_channels_slugs";s:0:"";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:356:"The Taliban (meaning 'students' in Pashto and Arabic) are a religious, political and military organization in Afghanistan. They proclaim to have a strong faith in Islam and illustrate a belief in an interpretation and application of Islamic Sharia law without much context to the cultural setting of the 21st century. The Taliban’s Origin In fact,…";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:8:"is_audio";b:0;s:11:"is_articles";b:1;s:8:"is_photo";b:0;s:9:"the_topic";s:73:"Afghanistan";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:11:"Afghanistan";s:13:"the_view_time";s:2:"12";s:9:"loop_item";a:0:{}s:10:"loop_index";i:3;s:5:"first";b:0;s:4:"last";b:0;s:4:"even";b:0;s:3:"odd";b:1;s:8:"rs_count";i:21;s:13:"is_full_width";b:0;s:12:"is_big_image";b:0;s:9:"cell_cell";s:17:"cell-cell-owl.php";s:4:"cell";s:6:"filter";s:13:"small_devices";s:1:"1";s:19:"small_devices_count";s:15:"same-as-desktop";s:18:"is_query_wordpress";b:1;s:6:"is_diy";b:0;}

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