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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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Taliban Attacked Hotel in Afghanistan; Policeman, 3 Assailants Killed
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Taliban Attacked Hotel in Afghanistan; Policeman, 3 Assailants Killed

Monday 1 August 2016
Kabul on Monday three gunmen attacker were gunned down by police while one of the police was killed amid the clashes. Alwaght- During a huge truck bomb attack and gunfight at a foreign hotel in Kabul on Monday three gunmen were gunned down by police while one police was killed amid the clashes. Rei ...
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Review of US, Afghanistan, Taliban, ISIS Relations
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Review of US, Afghanistan, Taliban, ISIS Relations

Thursday 11 August 2016 ،
Kabul only recognizes the Taliban militants as its main security problem, it does not take the threat of ISIS’ presence seriously, and consider the dominance of ISIS terrorist over Afghanistan impossible. Considering the limited rise and presence of ISIS within some regions of Afghanistan, it ...
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Attack on American University in Afghanistan Kills 15
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Attack on American University in Afghanistan Kills 15

Thursday 25 August 2016 ،
Kabul, the Afghan capital. Alwaght- At least 15 people were killed and over 35 were injured on Tuesday in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, the Afghan capital. Afghanistan-based Tolo news cited Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi as saying that at least 13 people incl ...
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US Foreign Policy; Destroying Nations to Build Self-Interests
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US Foreign Policy; Destroying Nations to Build Self-Interests

Saturday 3 September 2016 ،
Kabul promoting democracy as a key objective of the military intervention. A report this year found that the US-led war in Afghanistan killed 220,000 people, 80,000 in Pakistan, and an appalling 1 million in Iraq The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and other groups estim ...
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25 Killed in Triple Attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan
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25 Killed in Triple Attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan

Tuesday 6 September 2016 ،
Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. Taliban took responsibility for the attack and their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said the first explosion targeted the Defense Ministry while the second targeted police officers. In another attack a car bomb exploded near a building that Afg ...
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Paris Shifting Stances as Hollande Slams US Response to 9/11
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Paris Shifting Stances as Hollande Slams US Response to 9/11

Tuesday 13 September 2016 ،
Kabul, had given refuge to  the terrorist group’s leader, Osama bin Laden. The US continued it military adventures by invading Iraq two years later on the pretext that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein government had links to Al-Qaeda apart from processing Weapons of Mass Destruction. None o ...
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11 Factors Affecting Afghanistan’s Volatile Security Condition
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11 Factors Affecting Afghanistan’s Volatile Security Condition

Wednesday 12 October 2016 ،
Kabul government despite divisions. Alwaght – Despite presence of over 70 countries and 20 international organizations in Afghanistan, the situation is slipping out of control in this war-torn country. Now over 28 provinces in Afghanistan are witnessing heavy clashes between the government and ...
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Killing of Shiite Muslim Mourners from Nigeria to Afghanistan
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Killing of Shiite Muslim Mourners from Nigeria to Afghanistan

Saturday 15 October 2016 ،
Kabul, claimed the lives of 14 people. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said another 62 people, including 12 policemen, were wounded in that attack. There were three women and two children among the dead, and 26 women and three small children among those wounded, he said. The ISIS T ...
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What Pushing Fresh Taliban’s Campaign in Afghanistan?
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What Pushing Fresh Taliban’s Campaign in Afghanistan?

Saturday 15 October 2016 ،
Kabul government. Alwaght- A couple of days after signing peace deal between Afghanistan unity government and Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and just before the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, the Taliban launched assaults on significant Afghan cities and provinces, and even ...
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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 ،
Kabul has frequently come under attack by Taliban militants. A militant detonated his explosives near the base last December, killing six US soldiers.  

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