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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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Al-Qaeda Leader Pledged Allegiance to New Taliban Leader

Al-Qaeda Leader Pledged Allegiance to New Taliban Leader

Saturday 11 June 2016
Mullah Mohammad Omar, who died in 2013. Notably, the Taliban only confirmed Omar's death in 2015. Mansour first joined the Taliban in 1995. Previous reports said he was killed in a battle last year, though those were denied by the Afghan government. Some Afghan insurgent commanders have broken ...
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Taliban Intensifies Moves in Northern Afghanistan

Taliban Intensifies Moves in Northern Afghanistan

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the leader of Taliban, which would result in complicated peace process, without doubt would heighten the insecurity in the country.
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Afghan Taliban Leader Taught, Preached in Pakistan: Reuters

Afghan Taliban Leader Taught, Preached in Pakistan: Reuters

Monday 10 October 2016 ،
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, in another part of Pakistan, a strike that infuriated Islamabad but reflected growing impatience over what Washington sees as ambivalence toward its enemies. Five years earlier, U.S. forces stormed a compound near the Pakistani capital and killed al Qaeda's leader Osama b ...
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Status of Factions of Taliban in Afghanistan

Status of Factions of Taliban in Afghanistan

Sunday 16 July 2017 ،
Mullah Omar and selection of subsequent leader Mullah Mansour who was killed by US airstrike in Pakistan. All these happenings make the militant group’s future shrouded in ambiguity. Some factions, those from the orbit of Mullah Mansour, may choose to open dialogue channels and strike deals w ...
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Why Pakistan Seeks Weak Govnt, Strong Militants in Afghanistan?

Why Pakistan Seeks Weak Govnt, Strong Militants in Afghanistan?

Saturday 29 July 2017 ،
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, being slowly pushing into reconciliation with the government of President Ashraf Ghani and the radicals continuing fighting Kabul under the flag of ISIS. On the other side, Kabul has begun getting closer to India amid Islamabad-New Delhi's renewed dispute over Kashmir reg ...
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Bahraini Regime Committed Some 1,000 Human Rights Abuses in 1 Month: Report

Bahraini Regime Committed Some 1,000 Human Rights Abuses in 1 Month: Report

Saturday 17 February 2018 ،
Mullali. Also, among those who were arbitrarily imprisoned are 4 women. The trial hearings,which violate the freedom of political action of Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, as well as two former MPs of the Al-Wefaq parliamentary bloc, Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad, continued.Th ...
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Bahraini Regime Jails 13 Females Over Political Activities

Bahraini Regime Jails 13 Females Over Political Activities

Wednesday 21 March 2018 ،
Mulla Ali Jassem, Mohammed Fadel Abdul Rahim, Hassan Abdul Khaleq Jassim, Hassan Isa Al Fatlawi and Qasim Aqeel Fadl. Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011. They are d ...
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Why Does Violence Continue In Afghanistan Even After Deal With Taliban?

Why Does Violence Continue In Afghanistan Even After Deal With Taliban?

Tuesday 30 June 2020 ،
Mullah Mohamad Raoul Akhond as their new leader. They added that they did not seek war against new central leader Mullah Mansour and will focus on the “old enemies” and will fight on separate fronts.  In addition to the Taliban, other armed groups are also highly active in Afghanis ...
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Impact of Islamabad’s Role on Afghan Peace Negotiation Process

Impact of Islamabad’s Role on Afghan Peace Negotiation Process

Friday 28 August 2020 ،
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left for Islamabad upon the invitation of the Pakistani Foreign Ministry to hold talks with Pakistani officials. Alwaght- In parallel with internal debates over the formation of intra-Afghan talks between the government and Taliban militants, recently, a high-level delega ...
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The Secret behind Kabul Fall to Taliban Without Resistance

The Secret behind Kabul Fall to Taliban Without Resistance

Thursday 19 August 2021 ،
Mullah Omar, and the subsequent deaths of his successors, Mullah Akhtar Mansour and Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the Taliban split into factions. But the US plan for the release of prominent figures of the group, such as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was in Pakistani prisons, gave the group new ...

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