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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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Political Solution Unavoidable amid Afghanistan War Impasse: Expert
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Political Solution Unavoidable amid Afghanistan War Impasse: Expert

Friday 8 February 2019
Hazaras, and Uzbeks which means war does not end but only the battlefield locations and warring sides will change. In such a situation, the political settlement becomes a priority though it is not easily achievable. This makes peace dialogue tough and long. But at the end of the road, a peace deal i ...
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Pakistan Terrorist Attack Kills 20 in Quetta
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Pakistan Terrorist Attack Kills 20 in Quetta

Friday 12 April 2019 ،
Hazaras, who are Shiite Muslims, were buying vegetables early on Friday morning. Members of the Hazara community go to the market every day to shop, and we provide them with a security escort, Quetta police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema told journalists. They were at the market as police and [paramili ...
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Will Participatory Government Help End Afghanistan Impasse?
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Will Participatory Government Help End Afghanistan Impasse?

Sunday 26 April 2020 ،
Hazaras. So, by a participatory government proposal, Abdullah on the one hand seeks to prevent monopolization of the power by the Pashtuns and on the other hand save the share of the Hazaras and other ethnopolitical groups in the power structure. One of the main terms of Abdullah’s initiative ...
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murder of 11 Shiite Hazaras in Pakistan
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murder of 11 Shiite Hazaras in Pakistan

Monday 4 January 2021 ،
Hazaras, a minority Shiite group that has often been the target of Taliban and ISIS terrorists and other militant groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. The attack took place early on Sunday morning in the Mach area of Bolan district around 100 kms southeast of Baluchistan’s capital Quetta, ...
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Pakistani Hazars Bury 11 Slain Miners, End Protests
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Pakistani Hazars Bury 11 Slain Miners, End Protests

Sunday 10 January 2021 ،
Hazaras. “The provincial government will form a joint investigation team to recommend action against those found guilty of negligence leading to the incident,” according to the agreement. Khan described the sit-in protest as “blackmail,” sparking protests across the country ...
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Ghani-Taliban Wrestling Over “Interim Government”
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Ghani-Taliban Wrestling Over “Interim Government”

Thursday 14 January 2021 ،
Hazaras and Tajiks extremely concerned about an inter-Pashtun deal, while they are already afraid of Taliban’s emiratism.   
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New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing
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New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing

Thursday 18 March 2021 ،
Hazaras, and Uzbeks into smaller groups.  A newspaper published in Kabul recently published a new ethnic groups category including Sikhs, Hindus, Umer, Prachi, Kurd, Jugi, Shakhilan, Sheikh Mohammadian, Guwar, Khalili, Pamiri, Manjani, Sanglichi, Roshanaee, Vakhani, Shaghnani, Turk, Gharagh, T ...
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US Withdrawal Risks Civil War, Partition in Afghanistan: Expert
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US Withdrawal Risks Civil War, Partition in Afghanistan: Expert

Sunday 9 May 2021 ،
Hazaras. These ethnic groups, like the Taliban, are fully prepared to take up arms. In fact, if the Taliban want to seize power through force, these groups, aware that such an action means ignorance of the ethnic, racial, and religious differences, will choose to continue the war and resistance. In ...
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What’s Behind Pakistani Army Chief’s Afghanistan Visit?
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What’s Behind Pakistani Army Chief’s Afghanistan Visit?

Saturday 15 May 2021 ،
Hazaras, Tajiks, and other ethnic groups are seriously concerned that the Taliban joining the political process will result in power monopoly in the hands of the Pashtuns who have the Pakistani patronage. Perhaps visit to Afghanistan of a senior military official of Pakistan and meeting with the Pea ...
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye

Wednesday 9 June 2021 ،
Hazaras in the US from various states have staged a protest, condemning what they called genocidal crimes against the Hazaras in Afghanistan.  At the rallies, held in a number of cities including Washington, protesters issued a statement calling on the international community, especially the U ...

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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