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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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Rising Turkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan Axis: Aspects, Drivers, and Challenges
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Rising Turkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan Axis: Aspects, Drivers, and Challenges

Tuesday 11 November 2025
Kabul, Ankara has shown an exception among the NATO members, signaling its resolve to keep involved in the Afghanistan’s equations. Turkey's mediation in hosting talks between the Taliban and Pakistan is a strategic move, showcasing Ankara's diplomatic maturity. Leveraging its working ...
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Two Blasts Signal Deadly Game in South Asia
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Two Blasts Signal Deadly Game in South Asia

Friday 14 November 2025 ،
Kabul: Just hours after the blast,Pakistan's Defense Minister, Khawaja Asif, took to X to directly accuse Kabul. We are in a state of war, Asif declared. He warned that anyone believing the Pakistani military is only engaged in combat in the border regions with Afghanistan or remote areas of Bal ...
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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity
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Pakistan and Taliban: From Alliance to Enmity

Monday 17 November 2025 ،
Kabul relationship into a highly sensitive stage, but also has caused a transformation of the traditional takes from the strategic depth and balance of power in South Asia. Significance of Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia's geopolitical landscape  Afghanistan and Pakistan, two neigh ...
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What Capacities and Strategies Are Driving Iran’s Bid for Pakistan-Afghanistan Dispute Mediation?
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What Capacities and Strategies Are Driving Iran’s Bid for Pakistan-Afghanistan Dispute Mediation?

Tuesday 18 November 2025 ،
Kabul will cause humanitarian and geopolitical crises from which it would not be safe. Alwaght- In recent months, tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban have once again run high and these escalating conditions have moved regional actors to take steps in a bid to find a settlements to end this dee ...
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Assassinating Afghan Figures in Iran: What’s the Goal?
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Assassinating Afghan Figures in Iran: What’s the Goal?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
Kabul's fall. One example is General Abdul Raziq Achakzai, the police chief of Kandahar and a well-known opponent of the Taliban and Pakistan, who was assassinated on October 18, 2018, by a Taliban infiltrator within his own guards. This assassination demonstrated that the Taliban had long been ...
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From Kabul to Kandahar: How Serious Is the Taliban Leadership Gap?
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From Kabul to Kandahar: How Serious Is the Taliban Leadership Gap?

Thursday 8 January 2026 ،
Kabul rulers their influence. Alwaght- Before the Taliban could seize the power in Kabul, the group for decades had firmly maintained its internal cohesion. 20 years of confrontation with the American military contributed to this unity within the Taliban ranks. However, since taking the power in Aug ...
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
Kabul, on Tuesday reignited concerns over ISIS’s resurgence after a period of relative quiet. Reports indicate an explosion at a Kabul hotel, killing one Afghan security officer and wounding two Chinese nationals. While the cause remains under investigation and officials have yet to comment, I ...
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
Kabul-Haqqani network and the Kandahar factions, Bagheri said: In Afghanistan, there exists a council of Kabul and Kandahar. They coordinate with each other whenever conditions and interests require, and there is no doubt they have consulted on this code as well. However, the Haqqani Network seeks t ...
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Borders Remain Insecure as Bilateral Distrust Dominates
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Borders Remain Insecure as Bilateral Distrust Dominates

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Kabul-TTP cooperation To explore the reason behind continuation of this confrontation, we should look into the deeper and tense relations between Kabul and Islamabad; relations that for years have fluctuated between periodical cooperation and structural distrust and any security development can fas ...
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Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting the Influential Figure of Taliban
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Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting the Influential Figure of Taliban

Saturday 18 April 2026 ،
Kabul. Now the question is who is Motasim Agha Jan and what is behind the recent day's developments in Kandahar? Essentially, what does this detention disclose from the labyrinthine structure of power of the Taliban? To answer these questions and more, Tehran-based Afghanistan affairs expert I ...

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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.