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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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Four More Militants Hanged after the Taliban Massacre in Pakistan
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Four More Militants Hanged after the Taliban Massacre in Pakistan

Monday 22 December 2014
Punjab government identified the four as Rasheed Qureshi, Zubair Ahmad, Ghulam Sarwar and Akhlaque Ahmed, also known as Russi, who he said was Russian . Pakistan is home to a range of terrorist groups, many of them linked to al Qaeda, based in lawless tribal areas. They include an unknown number of ...
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Two American Drone strikes kill Seven Militants in Pakistan
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Two American Drone strikes kill Seven Militants in Pakistan

Sunday 28 December 2014 ،
Punjabi Taliban hideouts . Pakistan has stepped up operations against the Taliban in response to a Dec. 16 school massacre in which more than 130 children were killed, but details of its efforts are sketchy as independent journalists are not allowed in North Waziristan . American drone strikes a ...
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Pakistan Plays Dual Role in Combating Terrorism
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Pakistan Plays Dual Role in Combating Terrorism

Saturday 15 August 2015 ،
Punjabi Taliban, Uzbek Taliban, etc., have also become active. For sure, foreign powers, particularly Britain and the United States have had an essential role in the rise of terrorist and extremists groups such as al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, etc. It is true that foreign forces accuse the se ...
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India-Pakistan Kashmir Border Clashes Leave   Civilians Dead
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India-Pakistan Kashmir Border Clashes Leave Civilians Dead

Saturday 29 August 2015 ،
Punjab Province. They said about 40 people were also wounded in the firing and shelling by Indian forces, which began at about 3:00 a.m. local time on Friday . “Six civilians embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and 46 were severely injured including 22 females due to Indian unprovoked firing/shelling on ...
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Begin Unprecedented Drills

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Begin Unprecedented Drills

Tuesday 20 October 2015 ،
Punjab Gurat district. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia and Pakistan began their first joint counter-terrorism exercises on Monday in the Punjab Gurat district. The ‘Al-Shahab-I Counter-Terrorism Exercises’ are planned for 12 days at the National Counter-terrorism Training Centre near the Pakistani city of ...
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Four Gunmen Attack Indian Air Base; Policemen, Civilians Killed
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Four Gunmen Attack Indian Air Base; Policemen, Civilians Killed

Saturday 2 January 2016 ،
Punjab “came under attack from four to five terrorists. The gunfire is still going on, Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, Press TV cited the director general of police in Pathankot, as saying. Two of the attackers are believed to be dead in the gunfight while the rest are holding out inside one of the buil ...
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Pakistan Arrests Over 40 ISIS Terrorists in Punjab
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Pakistan Arrests Over 40 ISIS Terrorists in Punjab

Tuesday 5 January 2016 ،
Punjab. Alwaght- Pakistani security forces have apprehended over 40 ISIS people affiliated with the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s eastern province of Punjab. According to Punjab provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah ,the regions government is fully active, for eliminating the ...
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Over 70 Killed in Pakistan Park Terrorist Attack
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Over 70 Killed in Pakistan Park Terrorist Attack

Sunday 27 March 2016 ،
Punjab province of Pakistan which is the country’s largest and wealthiest province. Last year, a bomb killed a popular Pakistani provincial minister and at least eight others when it destroyed the minister's home in Punjab. Earlier in March, a bomb planted on a bus carrying government offi ...
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Pakistan’s Message in Blood to Terrorism
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Pakistan’s Message in Blood to Terrorism

Wednesday 30 March 2016 ،
Punjab and Islamabad “have seen mass attacks fueled by hate speech. These attacks have led to widespread destruction of homes and properties,” he said. These include two suicide attacks on two churches in 2015 that killed 15 worshippers and the burning of nearly 200 homes in the Joseph ...

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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.