When the Deobandi Taliban first came to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s, they had suppressed Salafist trends. However, after the &lt;a href="post-9/11"&gt;post-9/11&lt;/a&gt; US Invasion of Afghanistan, Taliban was forced to ally with Salafists. Many Salafist footsoldiers and groups have joined the Taliban insurgency under the Afghan Taliban's command.