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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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Reasons behind Taliban’s Recently-Heightened Violence in Afghanistan
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Reasons behind Taliban’s Recently-Heightened Violence in Afghanistan

Sunday 30 April 2017
Kabul, Taliban is now driven by foreign agenda, particularly US’s, to escalate violence. Alwaght- The Afghanistan security conditions have been worsening day by day, and particularly recently. The Afghan national unity government has announced readiness to resume peace talks with the Taliban insurge ...
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Car Bomb Kills 8 near US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Car Bomb Kills 8 near US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan

Wednesday 3 May 2017 ،
Kabul, after a car bomb hit a NATO convoy on Wednesday. Alwaght- At least eight people were killed and 25 injured in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, after a car bomb hit a NATO convoy on Wednesday. Today around 7:55 a.m. (local time) an explosive-laden car targeted a convoy of foreign troops in K ...
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Ex-Afghan Warlord Returns to Political Life after 20 Years
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Ex-Afghan Warlord Returns to Political Life after 20 Years

Thursday 4 May 2017 ،
Kabul on Thursday after two decades of self-imposed exile Alwaght- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Afghan warlord, has returned to the capital Kabul on Thursday after two decades of self-imposed exile. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former prime minister and founder and current leader of the Hezb-e Islami politi ...
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Iran FM Visit to Afghanistan: Tehran Worries, Kabul Challenges
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Iran FM Visit to Afghanistan: Tehran Worries, Kabul Challenges

Wednesday 10 May 2017 ،
Kabul Saturday, May 7, to discuss with the Afghan officials a set of issues as Tehran raises security concerns majorly caused by recent developments in the neighboring country. Afghanistan visit followed FM Zarif's trip to Pakistan on the heels of terror attack that killed at least 10 Iranian b ...
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Suicide Bombers Attack Afghan State TV in Jalalabad
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Suicide Bombers Attack Afghan State TV in Jalalabad

Wednesday 17 May 2017 ،
Kabul have conducted a series of high-profile attacks this year on targets including Afghanistan's largest military hospital and a military base in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.  
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Taliban Attack Police Check Points in Southern Afghanistan, Kill 20
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Taliban Attack Police Check Points in Southern Afghanistan, Kill 20

Sunday 21 May 2017 ،
Kabul, were also reported killed and wounded, Afghanmal said. A couple of days earlier, the Taliban militants launched attacks on parts of the central-eastern Afghan city of Ghazni, driving a Humvee packed with explosives into the entrance of a district governor’s compound in the assaults. T ...
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Hundreds Killed, Injured as Huge Explosion Hits Kabul’s Diplomatic District
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Hundreds Killed, Injured as Huge Explosion Hits Kabul’s Diplomatic District

Thursday 1 June 2017 ،
Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing at least 9 and injuring 92. Alwaght- A suicide car bomb rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing at least 90 and injuring hundreds more.  The huge explosion occurred at the peak of Kabul’s rush hour in Wazir Akbar K ...
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19 Killed, over 80 injured  as Multiple Bombs Target Funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan
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19 Killed, over 80 injured as Multiple Bombs Target Funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan

Saturday 3 June 2017 ،
Kabul Saturday. Alwaght- At least 19 people have been killed and 87 injured Saturday in three successive explosions at a funeral ceremony in downtown Kabul. Witnesses say three explosions ripped through a funeral for a victim of violent clashes between Afghan police and protesters. Abdullah A ...
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Kabul’s Last Week Bomb Attack Killed 150: President
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Kabul’s Last Week Bomb Attack Killed 150: President

Tuesday 6 June 2017 ،
Kabul’s last week truck bomb has climbed to more than 150, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told an international peace conference in the capital on Tuesday. Alwaght- Death toll from Kabul's last week truck bomb has climbed to more than 150, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told an international peace ...
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At least 10 Killed, 16 Injured after Bomb Targeted Mosque in Heart, Afghanistan
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At least 10 Killed, 16 Injured after Bomb Targeted Mosque in Heart, Afghanistan

Tuesday 6 June 2017 ،
Kabul, where on Wednesday more than 150 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a suicide truck-bomb attack. Several protesters were killed in clashes with police on Friday at the bomb site, and at least a dozen people were killed when suicide bombers attacked the funeral for one of the dead pro ...

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