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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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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023
Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Kabul by surprise and met with Taliban’s Acting First Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Abdul Ghani stressed that the economic issues should not be tied to political issues and called for release of Afghanistan citizens in Paki ...
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“Address Hunger Strike Grievances”, Human Rights Watch Tells Bahrain
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“Address Hunger Strike Grievances”, Human Rights Watch Tells Bahrain

Sunday 3 September 2023 ،
Khawaja and Abduljalil al-Singace,” part of the statement read.  The statement pointed to the notorious Jau Prison in the tiny kingdom that hosts many of the opposition prisoners.  Niku Jafarnia, Bahrain and Yemen researcher at HRW said: “Many of the inmates on hunger strike ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges
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Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges

Sunday 21 January 2024 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the former Pakistani Defense Minister, highlighted on Thursday the shared challenge of terrorism in the region, involving Tehran and Islamabad. Stressing the importance of preserving longstanding relations with Iran, he remarked, We should bear in mind that the Islamic Republi ...
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Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship
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Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship

Sunday 30 June 2024 ،
Khawaja Asif warned that his country will not hesitate to attack positions of the armed groups in Afghanistan. Asked if Pakistan considered cross-border attacks on the warned groups in an interview published on Friday, Asif said that if the need arises, nothing is more important than the sovereignty ...
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General Bagheri Arrives in Islamabad for Bilateral Discussions
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General Bagheri Arrives in Islamabad for Bilateral Discussions

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif.
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?

Thursday 8 May 2025 ،
Khawaja Asif also warned in an interview with Bloomberg that “as long as we are being attacked... we have to defend ourselves.” At the same time, the Pakistani defense minister said his country was willing to “end this tension” — if India backed down. Indians welcome t ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Khawaja Asif outlined the agreement, saying: If needed, Pakistan's nuclear program will be made available to Saudi Arabia according to the defense pact. The Pakistani Defense Minister emphasized that this agreement is similar to NATO, meaning if one party is attacked, the other will respond as ...
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Why’s Situation Still Combustible despite Pakistan-Afghanistsn Peace Agreement?
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Why’s Situation Still Combustible despite Pakistan-Afghanistsn Peace Agreement?

Sunday 19 October 2025 ،
Khawaja Asif and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar. Ahead of the Doha meeting, Pakistan’s foreign ministry stated that the negotiations would focus on “immediate measures to halt cross-border terrorism against Pakistan originating from Afghan soil, and to restore peace and stability ...
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Shadow of War Remains as Pakistan-Afghanistan Talks Fail
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Shadow of War Remains as Pakistan-Afghanistan Talks Fail

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Khawaja Asif told Geo News that the talks have concluded and there is currently no plan for further negotiations. He stated a ceasefire would hold unless violated by Afghanistan. The core dispute remains Pakistan's long-standing accusation that the Afghan Taliban harbors leaders and members of ...
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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 ،
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 Balochistan should take the suicide attack in the heart of Islamabad a ...

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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.