Originally Posted by
Ninthace
No.
The Taliban are a faction that grew out of the Islamic mujahideen. The term was not heard until the early 90s
The word mujahideen, in turn, is the term used for the collective groups that fought the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. They date from around 1978/9.
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-mujahi...anistan-195373
The term mujahideen means "defenders of the faith", in ths case, Islam. Alexander the Great lived 365BC to 323BC. According to tradition, the prophet Muhammad began to receive the divine revelations in 610AD so Islam could not have existed before that date, so there woiud be no faith to defend.
Whatever corporate memory there is in Afghanistan, it has precious little to do with either the Taliban or the mujahideen. It predates both of them. The memory, such as it is, is born by the all people generally, both the Taliban amd the non Taliban alike.
No. You seem to continually misunderstand the situation.
The 'term' Taliban' (literally "student") may be a newish incarnation to our ears, but they are the same people (if maybe 30 years older) as the Muj, with the same strategy, tactics and support from the Pakistani ISI. They are the same Pashtun tribesmen who formed the Muj.
If it helps your understanding, think of them as Trigger's broom: the same body politic, with the same hatred of foreigners and mistrust of Kabul handed down through the DNA, with regular rotation of body parts.