Update on the name change for the Taliban news:
It turns out EA most likely changed the name of the terrorist faction due to possibility of loosing US Army support and licensing for the Medal of Honor series. The choice would have been to cancel the game and then make a completely different game or drop the Taliban from the game as playable characters.
Had the military pulled their endorsement from the series, it would have ended future games in the Medal of Honor series since the series has very close ties to the MoH society which is tied to the US military.
Biggest problem was EA (like Konami with their Six Days game) didn't inform the US military or the MoH society about playing as the Taliban until the game was almost completed.
http://kotaku.com/5653601/playable-t...medal-of-honor