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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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A Least Worst Option for Afghanistan
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A Least Worst Option for Afghanistan

Wednesday 16 July 2014
Afghanistan, Abdullah declared that there has been a widespread fraud in the election Undoubtedly, the extensively enthusiastic political participation is the biggest achievement of the third presidential election in Afghanistan. By considering the sensitive political and security conditions, Afghan ...
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Challenges Ahead of Afghanistan National Unity Government
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Challenges Ahead of Afghanistan National Unity Government

Thursday 25 September 2014 ،
Aids, Unemployment, And Social Poverty         Although cultural and social challenges are also among Afghanistan's new government, economic challenges have priority for them and they have to focus on solving Afghans' financial problems, before taking cultural measures. Signing security pact ...
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America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

Monday 20 October 2014 ،
Afghanistan and, through it, in Central Asia as well.  Hence, Washington did not object to Pakistan’s arming and promoting the Taliban, a step that eventually led to the fall of the Afghan government of Burhaneddin Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Masood, two leaders who supported a version of Islam far more ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution