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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026
Afghanistan, with Hezb-e-Islami spearheading the uprising. Alwaght- The developments in Afghan province of Badakhshan over the past two to three weeks, along with the clashes there, are no fleeting local skirmishes. They point to something far bigger, especially now that Hezb-e-Islami’s active ...
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Sixth Retreat: Why’s Trump Called Off latest Iran Bombing?
Analysis

Sixth Retreat: Why’s Trump Called Off latest Iran Bombing?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Afghanistan have left a durable imprint on the American public. When human, financial and economic costs mount, support collapses and the demand for a quick exit surges. Trump himself, throughout his political career, has repeatedly attacked his predecessors' war policies and vowed never to dra ...
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?

Monday 3 August 2026 ،
Afghanistan. While not recognizing the Taliban, it does not want insecurity to return to its neighbor. Alwaght- In a widely circulated video interview on social media, Iran's deputy ambassador to Kabul, Seyed Hassan Mortazavi, has declared that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the resista ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Afghanistan, and Pakistan, he added. A corridor that started from 2000 The comments of the Russian deputy PM are not about a new project. Rather, they are about a project that falls under International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC). The project was signed by Russia, Iran, and India in 2000. ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Afghanistan signed a 2025 mutual defense deal and the new deal actually adds Turkey to a broader one. However, one party looks highly missing here: Egypt, a country with major military and political weight that for years has been one of the security partners of Saudi Arabia. But why did Cairo stay o ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
Afghanistan, the Central Asian states, and the Caucasus countries each form part of Iran's surrounding commercial network. Some goods move overland, some through free-trade zones, and some across border markets and bazaars. This diversity of pathways means that even when maritime or banking rest ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen have repeatedly turned into scenes of civilian death during US military operations or those of its allies. This week, that grim pattern was repeated when an American airstrike hit a home hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, a mountainous area in Sirik County of Iran's Horm ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
Afghanistan offers a clear example: Fifth Fleet headquarters assembled a 1,400-person task force that helped transport 7,000 people from Afghanistan to Bahrain. Figures about the US fleet in Bahrain American naval footprint in Bahrain traces back to 1971, when, after Bahrain gained independence, t ...
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Afghanistan and Pakistan. The second objective is to destabilize Sistan and Baluchesta, a border province. By assassinating moderate figures who believe in unity and rapprochement among Islamic schools of thought, Iran's American, Zionist and Wahhabi enemies, and those of the Axis of Resistance ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. In Iraq, Human Rights Watch examined cases of civilian casualties in airstrikes and ground operations in its reports on the 2003 war and warned about the use of certain banned munitions in urban areas. The group also called for reviews of cases where laws of war may h ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.