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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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Analysis of New Opposition Party Formation in Afghanistan
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Analysis of New Opposition Party Formation in Afghanistan

Sunday 28 June 2015
Ahmad Zia Massoud, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Gilani and some other supporters of this movement have split away from the president. However, the pro-Ashraf Ghani movement is more coherently pursuing its goals. Ashraf Ghani's positive approach to Pakistan, which culminated in signing a security agr ...
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Reasons Why Zia Massoud Asked for Summit of Mujahideen Council
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Reasons Why Zia Massoud Asked for Summit of Mujahideen Council

Thursday 18 February 2016 ،
Ahmad Zia Massoud, the special envoy to President Ashraf Ghani for reform and good governance who has traveled to Takhar to check the security situation, stated that unfortunately the Afghan government has no plan to fight against armed rebels; in addition, the security forces and the Afghan militar ...
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Will Participatory Government Help End Afghanistan Impasse?
Analysis

Will Participatory Government Help End Afghanistan Impasse?

Sunday 26 April 2020 ،
Ahmad Zia Massoud, and also some affiliates of Hizb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar are members. This shows the diverse ethnopolitical makeup of the alliance.  Some of these groups may choose, against Abdulah’s will, not to enter a deal with Ghani. This can present a big obstacle ahe ...

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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.