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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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Reasons behind Conflict between Two Taliban Clans in Pakistan

Reasons behind Conflict between Two Taliban Clans in Pakistan

Thursday 24 April 2014
TTP central spokesperson, Shahidullah Shahid stated to the media According to TTP main party, no one is nominated to be Hakimullah Mehsud's predecessor. However, Esmatullah Shahin is the interim leader of Taliban of Pakistan . Some political experts like Saifullah Gol believed that the competiti ...
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Afghanistan and Pakistan Set up Anti-terrorism Talks
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Afghanistan and Pakistan Set up Anti-terrorism Talks

Tuesday 30 December 2014 ،
TTP) militants, with most recent Peshawar school massacre, which occurred December 16, 2014.  TTP said that the attack was in retaliation for the army's continuing operation against militants in the North Waziristan tribal area that borders Afghanistan . With terrorism (Taliban) being the commo ...
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Insecurity in Northern Afghanistan: Root, Causes
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Insecurity in Northern Afghanistan: Root, Causes

Sunday 17 May 2015 ،
TTP), Lashkar-e Taiba and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan flee to Afghanistan, and move from Zabul to Badakhshan and try to get to the north. As groups like Tehreek-e-Islami Uzbekistan, Chechen fighters, Arab and Tajik terrorist groups, and even some European and American fundamentalists are found in ...
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Russia Concerns over Color Revolution, Salafi Movements in Central Asia and Caucasus
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Russia Concerns over Color Revolution, Salafi Movements in Central Asia and Caucasus

Monday 6 July 2015 ،
TTP), Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Chechen fighters and Tajik terrorist groups in the region have been seen in some areas bordering with Central Asian countries carrying the black flags of ISIS. Accordingly, Russia believes that ISIS and its advocates constitute a real threa ...
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Pakistan Air Force Kills 22 Terrorists in North Waziristan
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Pakistan Air Force Kills 22 Terrorists in North Waziristan

Saturday 14 November 2015 ،
TTP) negotiators. Since the beginning of Operation Zarb-i-Azb in June 2014, terrorists have fled to other tribal regions, including Khyber and its Tirah Valley and Shawal in North Waziristan, all of which border Afghanistan. The Pakistani army says it has managed to kill nearly 3,000 terrorists ov ...
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Pakistan Probing University Terrorist Attack that Killed 22
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Pakistan Probing University Terrorist Attack that Killed 22

Thursday 21 January 2016 ،
TTP) Geedar group has claimed the attack through a post on his Facebook page, adding that four attackers were sent to the university. However, a spokesperson from the TTP, Mohammad Khorasani, issued a conflicting statement shortly after Mansoor's claim, in which Khorasani condemned the attack, t ...
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Thousands of ISIS Terrorists Operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Report
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Thousands of ISIS Terrorists Operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Report

Saturday 6 February 2016 ،
TTP) – and local-level government officials. In a commentary, Dr. Antonio Giustozzi, Associate Fellow, RUSI, says there are around 7,000–8,500 ISIS terrorists inside Afghanistan and 2,000–3,000 based in Pakistan, citing different sources (ISIS cadres themselves, Afghan security sou ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution