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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Will Al-Zawahiri Killing Serve ISIS Interests?

Will Al-Zawahiri Killing Serve ISIS Interests?

Friday 5 August 2022
ISIS-Khorasan Provinc in Afghanistan is in the eastern provinces, mainly Kunar and Nangarhar,  near the borders of Pakistan.  The initial nucleus of ISIS-Khorasan Province was established by Pakistani Taliban branch's defectors. The Pakistani Taliban, especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
ISIS-Khorasan, like East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba have intensified their activities and launched terrorist attacks across the country.  Meanwhile, ISIS att ...
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Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Sunday 18 December 2022 ،
ISIS-Khorasan terrorist group, which announced its existence in Afghanistan for the first time in 2014. According to the figures shared at that time, more than 600 Taliban forces joined ISIS. Even after the agreements between the US and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar in February 2020, some members of th ...
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Taliban and Challenge of Ongoing Insecurity

Taliban and Challenge of Ongoing Insecurity

Friday 10 February 2023 ،
ISIS-Khorasan (the Central Asian branch of ISIS) as a terrorist group has been attacking Russian and Chinese diplomatic missions in Kabul’s Green Zone, an area where diplomatic offices and embassies were located.  Security threats continue to exist in Afghanistan, which deter countries f ...
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
ISIS-Khorasan, were discussed and the two sides agreed that in order to effectively deal with these threats, there should be constructive cooperation between various institutions.  This is the first visit of Pakistan’s defense minister and director of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Inte ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
ISIS-Khurasan is expanding its operations in Afghanistan and Central Asia, risking critical conditions for Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Alwaght- Whereas the Taliban forces over the past few weeks have been conducting saber-rattling military drills with a variety of light and heavy weapons ...
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Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship

Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship

Sunday 30 June 2024 ،
ISIS-Khurasan and Baluchestan Liberation Army, all target Chinese nationals or interests. Many Chinese investment projects in Pakistan are particularly vulnerable to terrorism. The series of attacks that have targeted China's interests in Pakistan in recent years have pushed Beijing to repeatedl ...
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Central Asia, the Rampancy Ground of ISIS

Central Asia, the Rampancy Ground of ISIS

Monday 1 July 2024 ،
ISIS-Khurasan on the Moscow concert hall on March 22 that killed 22 civilians, this terrorist group rapidly stepped up its media activity across Central Asia. Since March, several plans for attacks across Eurasia by the group's elements were detected and neutralized by intelligence agencies of r ...
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Iran’s Border Wall New Chapter in Regional Security Strategy

Iran’s Border Wall New Chapter in Regional Security Strategy

Monday 4 November 2024 ،
ISIS-Khorasan to take advantage of the instability. During this period, these groups and some other terrorist groups with ethnic and separatist tendencies have carried out numerous attacks against Pakistan, Iran and the countries of Central Asia, and despite effective security and intelligence confr ...
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Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia

Syria Developments Set off Alarm Bells to Central Asia

Sunday 15 December 2024 ،
ISIS-Khorasan Province (ISKP) repeatedly threatened Russian national security, most notably the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow in March 2024. The terrorist attack, which killed 145 people and injured more than 500, was carried out by a group of Central Asians, ma ...

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