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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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US Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan, Soldier Killed
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US Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan, Soldier Killed

Saturday 28 October 2017
Logar, which is located south of the capital, Kabul. The mission said that the crash was not caused by terrorist groups. Both the Taliban and the ISIS operate in Afghanistan and are waging an insurgency against the Afghan government and western forces present in the country. Six other US crew memb ...
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Facts about Rise of ISIS in Afghanistan
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Facts about Rise of ISIS in Afghanistan

Wednesday 13 December 2017 ،
Logar provinces. Nangarhar, a strategic province by all means, is located in the southeast of the capital Kabul. Close to Jalalabad, the provincial capital, there is an American military base, showingTrump’s policy of counterterrorism is only a political prank. ISIS’ Afghanistan branch ...
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Afghan Forces End Assault on Interior Ministry Building in Kabul
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Afghan Forces End Assault on Interior Ministry Building in Kabul

Wednesday 30 May 2018 ،
Logar Province, according to police spokesman Shapoor Ahmadzai. Later, three gunmen entered the police station compound and engaged in a gun battle with security forces. “In half an hour, security forces killed all the attackers. Unfortunately, three national police and three traffic pol ...
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Taliban Attacks Afghan Military Compound, Kills 12 Troops, Injures 30
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Taliban Attacks Afghan Military Compound, Kills 12 Troops, Injures 30

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Logar, where the Taliban killed at least eight security forces and wounded several others. The militants have stepped up attacks on security forces in recent months, though it has recently been engaged in talks with the US for finding a solution for the 17 year-old war in the country. Taliban ...
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Death Toll from Taliban Attack on Afghan Base Reaches 126
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Death Toll from Taliban Attack on Afghan Base Reaches 126

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Logar province killed eight security forces. The Taliban has been on the offensive in recent months, attacking targets around the country in an apparent effort to expand their influence and perhaps to gain more leverage in any future peace talks.
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US Convoy Targeted by Suicide Attack in Afghanistan
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US Convoy Targeted by Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

Tuesday 12 November 2019 ،
Logar province, local police officials confirmed. No group has taken responsibility for the incident. The attack comes on the same day that Afghanistan’s government announced that it would release three high-ranking Taliban members in exchange for two hostages held by the militant group, a US ...
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Helicopter Crash Kills Two US Soldiers in Afghanistan
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Helicopter Crash Kills Two US Soldiers in Afghanistan

Wednesday 20 November 2019 ،
Logar province after a US heavy-lift Boeing Chinook helicopter has crashed. Alwaght- At least two American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province after a US heavy-lift Boeing Chinook helicopter has crashed. US Forces-Afghanistan confirmed in a statement that the ...
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Taliban Attacks Afghan Army Bases despite Peace Deal with US
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Taliban Attacks Afghan Army Bases despite Peace Deal with US

Wednesday 4 March 2020 ،
Logar Province governor, Didar Lawang, said an attack there killed five security forces. A week-long truce between the Taliban, the United States, and Afghan forces preceded the Saturday signing of the deal between the militant group and Washington in Qatar. The deal sets out a timetable ...
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Scores Killed in Car Bomb Attack in Eastern Afghanistan
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Scores Killed in Car Bomb Attack in Eastern Afghanistan

Saturday 1 May 2021 ،
Logar on Friday. Alwaght- At least 27 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after a powerful suicide truck bombing struck a guest house in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar on Friday. Reuters cited the spokesman for Logar's governor as saying that the deadly explosion occu ...
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Palestinian Shot by Israeli Forces in Gaza Succumbs to Wounds
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Palestinian Shot by Israeli Forces in Gaza Succumbs to Wounds

Wednesday 25 August 2021 ،
Logar in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Maliki described the Israeli occupation as the chief obstacle to the development of the Palestinian economy, stressing that the Tel Aviv regime controls and exploits Palestinian natural resources. The top Palestinian diplomat highlighted that an ...

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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.