For man people Taliban and Al Qaeda mean the same thing. Being completely ignorant about Islamic groups I thought the same. This comes form wikipedia and has some impotant things to learn:
The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, also anglicised as Taleban; translation: “students”) is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Pashtun Islamic terrorist movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001.
Although in control of Afghanistan’s capital (Kabul) and much or most of the country for five years, the Taliban regime, or “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” gained diplomatic recognition from only three states: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The Taliban implements the “strictest interpretation of Sharia law ever seen in the Muslim world” [10] including the complete ban of education for girls [11] [12] and is widely criticized internationally for its treatment of women.[13].
In February 18, 2009 the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari signed a deal with the Taliban to implement Shariah law in some parts of Pakistan banning all the girls from school.
Faith and Politics are a dangerous mix. Aren’t they?
