when did the taliban start to take over pakistan
Taliban Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, leader of the Pakistani Islamic (Deobandi) political party Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI), was an ally of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani prime minister in 1993-1996, and then had access to the Pakistani government, army and the ISI, whom he influenced to help the Taliban.[294] The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has since 1994 heavily supported the Taliban, while the group conquered most of Afghanistan in 1994-98.[70][295][296][297]