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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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Two Foreigners Killed in Rocket Attack on Bagram
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Two Foreigners Killed in Rocket Attack on Bagram

Monday 8 December 2014
Bagram air base, near the capital, Kabul. Alwaght-At least two foreigners have been killed in Afghanistan in a fresh rocket attack on the American-controlled Bagram air base, near the capital, Kabul. Local officials confirmed that Bagram air base, located next to the ancient city of Bagram in easter ...
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6 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan, Taliban Captures Areas in Helmand Province
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6 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan, Taliban Captures Areas in Helmand Province

Tuesday 22 December 2015 ،
Bagram base outside the capital Kabul. Alwaght- Six-US troops have been killed during an attack by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s Bagram base outside the capital Kabul. The terrorist group carried out the attack on the US troops on Monday concurrently with a broad offensive in the Helmand pr ...
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Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on US Base in Afghanistan, 4 Killed
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Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on US Base in Afghanistan, 4 Killed

Saturday 12 November 2016 ،
Bagram, killing at least three and injuring 13 more. Alwaght- An explosion rocked the largest US airbase in Afghanistan, Bagram, killing at least four American troops and injuring 18 more, Tolo News reported. It Taliban claimed the responsibility for the explosion that hit Bagram Airfield this morn ...
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Taliban Seizes Key Districts from Fleeing Afghan Forces
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Taliban Seizes Key Districts from Fleeing Afghan Forces

Monday 5 July 2021 ،
Bagram airbase near Kabul, from where they led operations for 20 years against the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies. Over the years, the Taliban and Afghan forces have regularly clashed in and around Panjwai, with the armed group aiming to seize it given its proximity to Kandahar city, the prov ...
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What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?
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What’s Trump Seeking behind Pressure on Taliban?

Friday 7 February 2025 ،
Bagram Airbase, Taliban’s Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said: “Taking back Bagram is a pipe dream. The United States and the fugitives of the past regime should remove this dream from their heads.” Dismissing Trump’s claim of China operating Bagram Airbase, Mujahed held that ...
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10 Strategic Reasons Why Trump Eyeing Bagram Base Regain
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10 Strategic Reasons Why Trump Eyeing Bagram Base Regain

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. President Donald Trump on Thursday in a press conference with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Washington is seeking to take back control of the key Afghanistan base. Pointing to the strategic position of the base, Trump said: We're trying to get i ...
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Although Bagram is not directly adjacent to China's borders, controlling it again could provide the Washington with the capability for military and logistical operations in Central and South Asia. However, this move faces significant political and regional obstacle ...
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
Bagram A concession these days the American officials are pressing to wrest from the Taliban government is the return of the American forces to the Bagram airbase, a military base that played a key role in the US operations in Afghanistan and Central Asia from 2001 to 2023. The US President Donald ...

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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.