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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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ISIS Afghanistan Status As Its Leader Captured By Kabul

ISIS Afghanistan Status As Its Leader Captured By Kabul

Tuesday 7 April 2020
Kunar province.  Reports say that Farooqi is an architect of the attack on a Sikh temple in the country. On March 25, gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in Kabul’s old town, killing over two dozen and injuring some 80 people. A few hours after the attack, ISIS claimed responsibility.  IS ...
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30 Taliban Militants, 5 Afghan Security Forces Killed in Separate Blasts

30 Taliban Militants, 5 Afghan Security Forces Killed in Separate Blasts

Saturday 13 February 2021 ،
Kunar province, killing four local police personnel, including the commander, said a provincial police spokesman. A roadside bomb blast injured three civilians in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.  
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Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Tuesday 2 March 2021 ،
Kunar provinces. The fighting has displaced hundreds of families, according to the news agency.  The terrorist group has been active in Nangarhar province and some northern and southern provinces of Afghanistan for several years. Nangarhar has also been one of the group's main centers of a ...
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ISIS of Khorasan: A Threat for Afghanistan, Region

ISIS of Khorasan: A Threat for Afghanistan, Region

Saturday 9 October 2021 ،
Kunar along the Pakistani borders.  Given the assassinations, bombings, and suicide attacks, it can be said that ISIS has a considerable capacity to threaten Afghanistan and neighboring countries' security.  According to the UN data published in June, ISIS with a group of 1,500-2,200 ...
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Taliban Flexes Muscles to Backer Pakistan: What’s their Difference Point?

Taliban Flexes Muscles to Backer Pakistan: What’s their Difference Point?

Monday 27 December 2021 ،
Kunar province on Friday evening, and field sources said the Taliban responded by targeting Pakistan forces' positions.  A Taliban commander who was also present at the border with Pakistan amid clashes reportedly claimed that the Afghan border extends up to kilometers from the Pakistani c ...
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Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
Kunar and Nimroz provinces showed the Taliban trying to block a fencing work of Pakistani troops. Sporadic skirmishes followed the tensions but no casualties were reported.  As the tensions unfolded, Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, at a news conference in Islamabad said ...
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Taliban Warned Pakistan over Cross-Border Attacks

Taliban Warned Pakistan over Cross-Border Attacks

Sunday 17 April 2022 ،
Kunar were bombed by Pakistani helicopters. He claimed 36 people had been killed in the Pakistani attacks. Hundreds of civilians of Khost poured into the streets chanting anti-Pakistan slogans later on Saturday. Pakistan has not confirmed whether it carried out the attacks in Afghanistan. However ...
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Death Toll from Pakistan’s Airstrikes on Eastern Afghanistan’s Rises to 47

Death Toll from Pakistan’s Airstrikes on Eastern Afghanistan’s Rises to 47

Monday 18 April 2022 ،
Kunar, bordering Pakistan, on Saturday had killed 47 people, fearing that the death toll could mount. Forty-one civilians, mainly women, and children, were killed and 22 others were wounded in airstrikes by Pakistani forces near the Durand line in Khost province, Shabir Ahmad Osmani, director of in ...
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Will Al-Zawahiri Killing Serve ISIS Interests?

Will Al-Zawahiri Killing Serve ISIS Interests?

Friday 5 August 2022 ،
Kunar and Nangarhar,  near the borders of Pakistan.  The initial nucleus of ISIS-Khorasan Province was established by Pakistani Taliban branch's defectors. The Pakistani Taliban, especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban group, is less obsessed with ethnic and tribal issues in terms of ideolo ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Kunar and Nangarhar near the border of Pakistan.  ISIS systemically aims at weakening of the military power and legitimacy of the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban, and calls the Taliban, who combine the Pashtun ethnic demands with Sharia religious practices, dirty nationalists.  This group ...

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