What country did the Taliban rule from 1996-2001?
Taliban Despite the aid of United Nations (UN) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) given (see § Afghanistan during Taliban rule), the Taliban's attitude in 1996–2001 toward the UN and NGOs was often one of suspicion. The UN did not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, most foreign donors and aid workers were non-Muslims, and the Taliban vented fundamental objections to the sort of 'help' the UN offered. As the Taliban's Attorney General Maulvi Jalil-ullah Maulvizada put it in 1997: In July 1998, the Taliban closed "all NGO offices" by force after those organizations refused to move to a bombed-out
Taliban in Qatar the U.S. government, China, and Pakistan. The Afghan government initially wanted to open an office for the Taliban, providing protection for the leaders, in Saudi Arabia or Turkey due to the countries’ good ties with Kabul. But the Taliban preferred Qatar because they thought the country was neutral and balanced. While Qatar did not recognize the Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001, they maintained "cordial" relationships with the militant group. The Taliban saw Saudi Arabia and Turkey as too aligned with the Afghan government to be impartial. The U.S. was amenable to the decision to make Qatar the home for