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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 Mosque Attack Kills dozens of Shiites in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan
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ISIS Mosque Attack Kills dozens of Shiites in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan

Thursday 21 April 2022
Kunduz, at least four people were killed and 18 wounded by a bomb hidden in a bicycle that targeted a vehicle carrying mechanics working for the Taliban government, police spokesman Obaidullah Abedi said. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the roadside blast targeted a van of military mechanics an ...
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Shiites Should Resort to Self-protection Model if Taliban Fails to Protect Them: Expert
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Shiites Should Resort to Self-protection Model if Taliban Fails to Protect Them: Expert

Monday 25 April 2022 ،
Kunduz, killing 4. Over the past few days, the Afghan officials confirmed that dozens were killed in four bombings across the country.  Talking to Afghanistan affairs expert Nozar Shafee, Alwaght asked about the consequences of these attacks against the Shiites and what they can do for securit ...
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Mosque Attack Kills Over 50 in Kabul: Report
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Mosque Attack Kills Over 50 in Kabul: Report

Friday 29 April 2022 ،
Kunduz, killing 33.  
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Explosions Rock Sikh Temple in Afghan capital
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Explosions Rock Sikh Temple in Afghan capital

Saturday 18 June 2022 ،
Kunduz left one person dead and two others wounded. Last month, three deadly explosions tore through passenger vehicles in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif and a separate one hit a mosque in Kabul, killing several people. Back in April, a powerful blast hit a mosque in western Kabul ...
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At Least 19 Killed, Dozens Injured in Kabul School Blast
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At Least 19 Killed, Dozens Injured in Kabul School Blast

Friday 30 September 2022 ،
Kunduz weeks ago, which killed at least 33 Afghan people, including children, and wounded 43 others. Also, in another blast outside a mosque in Afghanistan in early September, a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric and 17 other civilians were killed. The Taliban, who had previously ruled the country fr ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
Kunduz, to ridicule the Taliban tendency for partnership with China. Uyghurs are Muslim majority in China’s Xinjiang province.  Certainly, this attack would provoke the sensitivity of the Chinese who are worried about the impacts of re-rise of the Taliban on Xinjiang.  In the futur ...
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation

Monday 25 August 2025 ،
Kunduz, Badakhshan and Nuristan. The presence of such a large number of Islamist fighters could be troublesome for Beijing. However, Mullah Hassan Akhund told the top Chinese diplomat: “Assure the Chinese president that there is no security threat from Afghan soil to China or other countries.& ...
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
Kunduz in October 2021, which resulted in over 50 fatalities and around 140 injuries. This attack marked the beginning of a wave of violence. Following it, an assault on a military hospital in Kabul in November 2021 left 25 dead and 50 wounded. Additionally, a bombing at the Faizabad mosque in Bada ...
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Minab School Crime: Why’s US Angry with ICC Judges for Iran Visit?
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Minab School Crime: Why’s US Angry with ICC Judges for Iran Visit?

Saturday 18 July 2026 ،
Kunduz, Afghanistan: On October 3, 2015, a US AC-130 gunship struck a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, killing 42 patients and staff members. The US military later described the attack as the result of a cascade of human errors and intelligence failures, acknowledging t ...
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Kunduz and Badakhshan have essentially served as the party's strongholds, and it remains one of Afghanistan’s historically entrenched political forces. Field evidence shows that after Gulbuddin Hekmatyar joined the previous government, his party's forces were mobilized and equipped as ...

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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.