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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Iran, Turkey Sign Agreements for Pakistan, China Railway Link
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Khaf-Herat railway is hoped to open a new chapter in domestic freight and passenger transportation and reduce the cost of moving goods across the region to a fraction of that of highway transport.
The railway will stretch to Chabahar in southeast Iran, boosting landlocked Afghanistan’s trade ...
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Iran Holding Talks with Taliban to Resume ’Silk Road’ Rail Project
Tuesday 8 March 2022
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Khaf-Herat railway runs along the East-West transit corridor, connecting China to Turkey and Europe via Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
This project will somehow revive the Silk Road. It can connect the East to the West and play an important role in reducing export and transit costs, Kh ...
Analysis
North-South Corridor, Launching Pad for Afghanistan Economic Revival
Monday 2 May 2022
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Khaf-Herat railway, Afghanistan will be given access to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and at a very low cost, it would be able to make large part of its exports and imports, especially food imports, through this land route. Afghanistan can also expand its trade with Central Asia through the ...
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Khaf-Herat Railway: Grand Development Linking Iran to Afghanistan, Central Asia
Sunday 13 November 2022
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Khaf-Herat railway will be completed in the next two weeks and the transit will start from this route. Abdul Sami Durrani, the spokesman for the railway authority, said: A delegation will be sent from Kabul to Tehran in the coming days, and specific issues such as railway cooperation and the beginni ...
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace
Sunday 30 July 2023
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Khaf-Herat railway was on agenda since decades ago to bolster the trade ties between the two countries, but some issues hindered work on it. However, with an Iranian government resolution passed in 2003, the initial stages of the railway started. However, funding and technical problems set up obstac ...
Analysis
What’s Taking Large Afghan Delegation to Iran?
Monday 6 November 2023
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Khaf-Herat railway. This railway is 225-kilometers long and was designed in four sections, the first and second sections of which are inside Iran and the third and fourth sections inside Afghanistan.
Asked about the case of Afghan immigrants and if it is raised in the talks, Baqeri said that ...
Analysis
Three Precious Legacies of Pres. Raisi’s Economic Diplomacy
Saturday 25 May 2024
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Khaf-Herat railway in July last year.
Also, the East-West Corridor is a mid-term strategic plan over whose hosting there is an intense competition given its huge transportation potentials. Some rival routes are already active and entrenched within framework of this corridor. When three years ...
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Regional Contact Group’s Meeting on Afghanistan in Tehran: What’s the Agebda?
Sunday 9 June 2024
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Khaf-Herat railway and developing the Chabahar Port, it has helped Afghanistan easily access regional markets. China, for its part, has taken great steps to connect Afghanistan to the world markets by investing in its energy resources and mines.
The state of being a landlocked country is one of the ...
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Iran FM’s Afghanistan Visit Seeks Common Views on Region and Trade
Sunday 26 January 2025
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Khaf-Herat railway was also carried out with the aim of connecting Afghanistan to regional transit corridors and solving some of its economic problems.
With the development of railway infrastructure, Iran's exports to Afghanistan have grown diverse, departing from their single-product nat ...
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Iran Corridors: The Key to Afghan Mineral Exports to Global Markets
Thursday 24 April 2025
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Khaf-Herat railway, as a strategic project, could provide Afghanistan with access to Iran’s international transportation networks and beyond, to Iran’s southern ports on the Persian Gulf. Iran’s rail routes provide a direct and cost-effective route to global markets, eliminating th ...
