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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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Senior Militant Leader Surrenders Himself to Pakistani Security Forces

Senior Militant Leader Surrenders Himself to Pakistani Security Forces

Tuesday 18 April 2017
Asif Ghafoor confirmed Monday that the former spokesperson of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and incumbent spokesperson of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar had surrendered recently, without providing further details. They say he split with the main Pakistani Taliban four years ago and joined the breakaway faction, ...
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Over  140 Killed in Pakistan Oil Tanker Explosion

Over 140 Killed in Pakistan Oil Tanker Explosion

Sunday 25 June 2017 ،
Asif Ghafoor, the official spokesperson of Pakistan's armed forces. After the tanker overturned in the Pul Paka area near the National Highway, people in the vicinity rushed to the vehicle to collect fuel. Some were smoking, which reportedly led to the ignition of the gasoline and caused the f ...
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Pakistan Warns US against Unapproved Military Operations

Pakistan Warns US against Unapproved Military Operations

Friday 29 December 2017 ،
Asif Ghafoor rejected the notion that Pakistan is not doing enough to fight armed groups. We have sacrificed a lot. We have paid a huge price both in blood and treasure, Ghafoor said. We have done enough and we cannot do any more for anyone. He said Pakistan would continue to fight armed groups in ...
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Pakistan Threatens India with Nuclear Attack if Threatened

Pakistan Threatens India with Nuclear Attack if Threatened

Sunday 14 January 2018 ،
Asif Ghafoor warned of response if India undertook any misadventure. Well, it's their choice. Should they wish to test our resolve they may try and see it for themselves, Ghafoor told state-run PTV. General Rawat's remark had come in response to a question on possibility of Pakistan using ...
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Pakistan Deploys 1,000 Troops to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen War: Reasons, Consequences

Pakistan Deploys 1,000 Troops to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen War: Reasons, Consequences

Wednesday 21 February 2018 ،
Asif Ghafoor, the spokesman for the army, tried to calm the situation by saying that the Pakistani forces will never operate outside Saudi Arabia. The army also issued a statement, assuring that even a single soldier will not cross the border into the Yemeni territories and that the parliament and s ...
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Pakistan Shot down 2 Indian Warplanes Amid Rising Tensions

Pakistan Shot down 2 Indian Warplanes Amid Rising Tensions

Wednesday 27 February 2019 ،
Asif Ghafoor, said in a Twitter message that two Indian Air Force planes had been targeted in the airspace over the Islamabad-administered side of Kashmir. One aircraft went down on the Pakistani side, while the other crashed on the Indian side of Kashmir, the official added. “One Indian pil ...
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Pakistani-Based Militants’ Buildings Still Standing after Indian Bombing

Pakistani-Based Militants’ Buildings Still Standing after Indian Bombing

Wednesday 6 March 2019 ،
Asif Ghafoor said the day after the attack. “If there was any infrastructure there, then there would be some debris.” Senior researchers at the James Martin Center for nonproliferation studies who analyzed the satellite images said weapons that large would have caused obvious damage to ...

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