I am painfully ignorant of the history of the Taliban before Bin Laden & 9/11 and I guess I am trying to understand what their end game is. I.e. is it really to get foreign forces out of the country or is it to repress and marginalise large groups of people based on religion, ethnicity, gender etc. and to rule through fear and intimidation.

I know this might be too recent for this sub but it seems important and I would like to get a better understanding of current circumstances through knowledge of the past.

edit: edited to clarify that I am ignorant of the Taliban before 9/11 as I assume Bin Laden was around for a fair while before that happened.