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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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Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds

Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds

Tuesday 21 October 2014
cultivation in Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2013 since America invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Alwaght-According to report released by UN office on drugs and crimes, Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2013 since America inv ...
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Reasons Behind Deployment of US, British Special Forces to Helmand, Afghanistan

Reasons Behind Deployment of US, British Special Forces to Helmand, Afghanistan

Sunday 20 December 2015 ،
cultivation, production and trafficking of drugs was assigned to the British forces, actually they did not reacted against cultivation and trafficking of poppy and even collaborated with the drug traffickers. According to multiple reports, a major part of drug trafficking has been conducted by the o ...
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Afghanistan Seized 650 Tons of Drugs, Arrested over 2600 Smugglers in Pats 12 Months

Afghanistan Seized 650 Tons of Drugs, Arrested over 2600 Smugglers in Pats 12 Months

Tuesday 4 April 2017 ،
cultivation has sharply increased across Afghanistan after US 2011 offensive despite billions of dollars spent to curb drug trafficking.  
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Afghan Forces Kill 15 ISIS Terrorists in Achin

Afghan Forces Kill 15 ISIS Terrorists in Achin

Friday 7 April 2017 ،
cultivation in this province. Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed militant groups and terrorists have recently increased their insurgency activities in some parts of the province during the recent years. United Nations revealed in S ...
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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
cultivation grow by over a third while counter-narcotics operations dropped off a cliff. The country is said to be the source of over 90% of all the world’s illicit opium, from which heroin and other opioids are made. More land is under cultivation for opium in Afghanistan than is used for coc ...
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Economic Crisis Begins to Bite in Afghanistan Two Months after Taliban Takeover

Economic Crisis Begins to Bite in Afghanistan Two Months after Taliban Takeover

Wednesday 24 November 2021 ،
cultivation increase  In the middle of these tough economic conditions, and also absence of international will to send aids to the Central Asian country, concerns are growing about rising interest in cultivation of opium poppy. Despite the US promise to eradicate the illegal material farming i ...
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Taliban Bans Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Taliban Bans Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Sunday 3 April 2022 ،
Poppy prices have more than doubled prior to rumors that a ban would ensue, according to an anonymous farmer in the province speaking to Reuters. Any repression of poppy cultivation is expected to hit farmers. Last August, Taliban pleaded for “international assistance” to prov ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies