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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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Railway Network Development Plan for Boosting ECO Trade

Railway Network Development Plan for Boosting ECO Trade

Thursday 26 January 2023
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are members of ECO. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is also present at the summit as an observer country. Afghanistan, as a member of ECO, did not attend the Tashkent meeting due to the non-recognition of the interim government of the Taliban.   ...
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What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?

What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Tajikistan have sustained damage from this issue and argue that after Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, security threats have increased. On the other hand, Pakistan is in conflict with the Tahreek-e-Taliban militant group and accuses the Taliban of backing the group. Is the recent order not c ...
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Iran, China, Pakistan, and Russia Urge US, Allies to Lift Sanctions on Afghanistan

Iran, China, Pakistan, and Russia Urge US, Allies to Lift Sanctions on Afghanistan

Thursday 13 April 2023 ،
Tajikistani capital Dushanbe. ‘Iran concerned over terrorism, US policies in Afghanistan’ Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister expressed concern over terrorism, extremism and the US’ wrong policies on the continuation of terrorism and insecurity in Afghanistan, saying, &ldquo ...
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Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station

Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station

Friday 14 April 2023 ،
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan joined the meeting. Zamir Kabulov, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, had said that the important events of Afghanistan will be discussed in this meeting. Afghanistan’s security and political issues have been top on agenda of discussions in previous meetin ...
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Iran-Central Asia Trade Making New Highs

Iran-Central Asia Trade Making New Highs

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
Tajikistan has also reached a significant figure last year with an increase of more than 20 percent, and Iran had exported goods to Tajikistan worth about $170 million. Also, in the last two months, Turkmenistan with $27 million and Uzbekistan with $20 million became Central Asian trade partners wit ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Tajikistan. Due to the border clashes and the economic recession that followed the Soviet collapse, Fergana Valley has been a breeding ground of violent extremism in Central Asia. This valley, which covers parts of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, has been the main target of Islamic Movement ...
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Sunday 30 July 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and further connects to Kyrgyzstan. From there, the railway continues onward to China's Xinjiang province. This railway is also part of the New Silk Road project of China, and should this missing railway link is found, East-West trade will further prosper, and countries along this r ...
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Geopolitical Aftershocks of Latest Karabakh Developments

Geopolitical Aftershocks of Latest Karabakh Developments

Wednesday 27 September 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and Armenia as a Russian initiative.  As tensions rise in mountainous Karabakh, Pashinyan appears to drift to the West, and Armenia recently hosted a rare joint military exercise with the US. Now, following the heightened tensions between Moscow and Yerevan, the White House has tak ...
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US Seeking Influence in Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran Can Take it on Using Transit, Energy: Expert

US Seeking Influence in Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran Can Take it on Using Transit, Energy: Expert

Tuesday 7 November 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are part of this Western agenda. But it should be taken into consideration that the key point is regional security, and presence of destabilizing actors in the future will render the regional economic and trade interactions vulnerable.  I should add that Central As ...
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China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban

China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban

Tuesday 20 February 2024 ،
Tajikistan, yet host governments have refrained from publicly acknowledging the Taliban. ALWAGHT- It has been over two years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, and China has emerged as the first major nation to address the legal status of the new Afghan government decisively. Presiden ...

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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