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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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Russia Urges US to ‘Return Money Stolen from Afghans’
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Russia Urges US to ‘Return Money Stolen from Afghans’

Wednesday 31 August 2022
Taliban may be harboring al-Qaeda. The Taliban have rejected such speculation. Earlier this month, FBI Director Christopher Wray cited alleged concerns about al-Qaeda's potential threat, saying during a congressional hearing, I'm worried about the possibility that we will see al-Qaeda recon ...
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks

Monday 3 October 2022 ،
Taliban took over, prompting the notion that Taliban closes eyes to these crimes. Alwaght- Since the Taliban have seized the power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the number of the crimes by the terrorists against the Shiites of the country has been more than the number of the months of the group' ...
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Huge Afghanistan Food Crisis a Product of Two-decade Western Occupation
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Huge Afghanistan Food Crisis a Product of Two-decade Western Occupation

Wednesday 26 October 2022 ،
Taliban assumption of power, and with the help of the UN and human rights organizations, about $700 million in humanitarian aids were provided to this country, but this amount is insignificant compared to the livelihood crisis hitting the Afghans. After the start of Ukraine war, which led to a decre ...
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Syrian Kurds and Repeat of American Betrayal Nightmare
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Syrian Kurds and Repeat of American Betrayal Nightmare

Sunday 4 December 2022 ،
Taliban after twenty years. They handed it over and Ashraf Ghani's government fell.  At the time, the Financial Times drew parallels between the Kurdish-majority city of Kobani and Kabul, saying that the Kurdish city can lose its current stability with the withdrawal of the Americans. The ...
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
Taliban took the power in Afghanistan, a year and a half after the formation of the interim government by the group, political and security tensions remain overshadowing the two sides’ relations. Driven by this, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Kabul by surprise ...
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Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?
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Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?

Wednesday 1 March 2023 ،
Taliban. Alwaght- 19 months after Taliban takeover of power in Afghanistan, the first step towards recognition of the group’s interim government in Kabul was taken by Iran. As part of this policy, on Sunday, Iran’s foreign ministry handed over Afghanistan embassy in Tehran to the Taliban ...
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What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?
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What’s behind Alleged Jihad Order by Taliban Leader?

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Taliban leader ordered cross-border jihad, but the group has not confirmed it yet. Alwaght- While the international community demands a change to extremist positions of the Taliban to pave their way for its integration into the international system and interaction with the other countries, some regi ...
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Taliban Attack ISIS Hideouts in N Afghanistan
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Taliban Attack ISIS Hideouts in N Afghanistan

Sunday 19 March 2023 ،
Taliban said they have conducted “a crushing operation” against the ISIS hideouts in Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and killed members of the terrorist group. In a post on his Twitter account on Saturday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a number of ISIS ...
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Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station
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Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station

Friday 14 April 2023 ،
Taliban takeover of power, Afghanistan’s security and political crisis makes a serious challenge to the neighbors. Regional countries, which have so far held several meetings discussing the developments in the Central Asian country, again held a new gathering hosted by Uzbekistan to discuss a ...
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Taliban Kill Mastermind of Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport
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Taliban Kill Mastermind of Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport

Wednesday 26 April 2023 ،
Taliban killed the Islamic State militant who spearheaded the August 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. troops and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Tuesday. A ground assault by the Taliban killed the Islamic Stat ...

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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