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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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Afghanistan over Past Year

Afghanistan over Past Year

Saturday 16 January 2016
TAPI project, Afghanistan's membership in the WTO, increased customs revenue, military aids from India, inauguration of the new buildings of the Ministry of Defense and the Parliament were among the good events. On the other hand, there were unprecedented and sad news; for the first time the cou ...
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Benefits, Challenges of TAPI Gas Pipeline

Benefits, Challenges of TAPI Gas Pipeline

Tuesday 27 February 2018 ،
TAPI gas project between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India was officially launched in the Afghan city of Herat. TAPI, taking its name from the initials of participating countries, is a multi-billion energy transfer project which was sealed on 13 December 2015, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan ...
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Pakistani Lawyer Urges Court to Press Govt to Complete Iran Gas Pipeline

Pakistani Lawyer Urges Court to Press Govt to Complete Iran Gas Pipeline

Tuesday 7 January 2020 ،
TAPI. Experts say there are barriers to building TAPI which is designed to carry natural gas from the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. The $10 billion project has been touted as a rival to the Iran plan and drawn support from the US and Saudi Arabia. ...
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Disunited States: Government Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution

Disunited States: Government Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution

Wednesday 15 April 2020 ،
As state and local authorities struggle and the federal government focus on saving Wall Street, a volunteer-driven mutual aid revolution is taking hold in disenfranchised communities across America. I‘m not from DC, but I live here. I’m now a part of this living, breathing being that is ...
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Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline and Turkish Dream for an Energy Hub

Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline and Turkish Dream for an Energy Hub

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
TAPI) gas pipeline two decades ago, and if this project is realized, it would be unclear if Turkmenistan can fulfill all of its commitments.  After Russia, Iran, and Qatar, Turkmenistan is the world’s fourth-largest gas reserves holder, with much of its energy resources remaining unused. ...
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Fifth Moscow Format’s Meeting: What Was Agenda?

Fifth Moscow Format’s Meeting: What Was Agenda?

Sunday 1 October 2023 ،
TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline. Suhail Shahin, the head of Taliban Political Office in Doha, earlier said: “We want positive traditional ties with India, as we had for several decades. But we expect New Delhi to support our agenda for economic stability and recogni ...
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Progressing towards the ’Peace Pipeline’: Is the End of Two Decades of Uncertainty Near?

Progressing towards the ’Peace Pipeline’: Is the End of Two Decades of Uncertainty Near?

Wednesday 21 February 2024 ،
TAPI pipeline involving Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India proposed over the past two decades, Pakistan must ensure adherence to gas agreements with Iran, regardless of the advantages offered by other energy transit routes. In 2017, Pakistan faced pressure from Saudi Arabia to suspend ga ...

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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