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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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Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Police Officers

Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Police Officers

Saturday 6 June 2020
Badakhshan blast, the TOLOnews broadcaster reported on Saturday. Alwaght- At least 11 police officers were killed in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan blast, the TOLOnews broadcaster reported on Saturday. According to the broadcaster, the incident took place l ...
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Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Tuesday 2 March 2021 ،
Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan which border Tajikistan are turning into new concentration points of foreign terrorists from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Chechnya, and Eastern Turkistan, concerning the Russian leaders.  Badakhshan has become a base and a gateway for foreign terrorists ...
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US Withdrawal, Looming Shadow of War in Afghanistan

US Withdrawal, Looming Shadow of War in Afghanistan

Sunday 20 June 2021 ،
Badakhshan province, Patu in Daykundi province, Suzmeh Ghaleh in Sar-e Pol province, and Zare in Balkh province have fallen into the hands of the Taliban fighters.  Media also reported intensified Taliban attacks on Zabul in the south, Farah in the west, and Kunduz in northeast, leading to fal ...
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Taliban Seizes Key Districts from Fleeing Afghan Forces

Taliban Seizes Key Districts from Fleeing Afghan Forces

Monday 5 July 2021 ،
Badakhshan province as Taliban fighters advanced towards the border, Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said in a statement on Sunday. The Afghan troops crossed over at about 6:30pm local time on Saturday.  “Guided by the principles of humanism and good neighborline ...
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Why is Taliban Focusing on Borders Control in Its Military Strategy?

Why is Taliban Focusing on Borders Control in Its Military Strategy?

Tuesday 13 July 2021 ،
Badakhshan and reached the mountainous border region with the Chinese province of Xinjiang. With the Taliban contacts to the Xinjiang-based Al-Qaeda affiliates, the captures are already a source of Beijing’s concerns.  On Friday, Russia's Interfax news agency reported that the group ...
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ISIS Building Presence in Afghanistan: A US Plan with Taliban Green Light?

ISIS Building Presence in Afghanistan: A US Plan with Taliban Green Light?

Tuesday 3 August 2021 ،
Badakhshan province's border towns. Further reports say Kuf Ab, Shekay, Nessi, Mayami, and Khahan districts are now under Jamaat fighters' control. With these ISIS efforts to build itself a stronghold in Afghanistan, many experts set off the alarm bells to other Central Asian countries, Chin ...
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Afghan Taliban Seize Ninth Provincial Capital in Five Days

Afghan Taliban Seize Ninth Provincial Capital in Five Days

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Badakhshan region, fall to the group on Wednesday. Afghan forces have largely folded under the Taliban onslaught, and the group is likely to expand its gains in the coming days as it begins to threaten other provincial centers. Taliban fighters are now besieging the capitals of Helmand and Kandahar ...
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Tajikistan Shiite Leader Assassination Sounds the Alarm about Wahhabi and Takfiri Leeway

Tajikistan Shiite Leader Assassination Sounds the Alarm about Wahhabi and Takfiri Leeway

Wednesday 25 May 2022 ،
Badakhshan autonomous region Khorog by gunmen. The senior Shiite leader's assassination comes a few days after unrest in the city for which the government held Mamadbakirov responsible.  He was reportedly assassinated by gunmen but official resources have so far declined to react and so it ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Badakhshan.  Some sources said that Safiullah Samim, one of the senior commanders of the Taliban and former police chief of Baghlan, was also killed in this explosion. Al Jazeera news network quoted an official of the Taliban Ministry of Health as saying that 18 people were killed and 33 other ...
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Iran’s Parliamentary Delegation Visits Afghanistan: What are the Outcomes?

Iran’s Parliamentary Delegation Visits Afghanistan: What are the Outcomes?

Wednesday 30 August 2023 ،
Badakhshan in February  But Iran’s service to Afghanistan education sector is not limited to academic cooperation and even more importantly, the Islamic Republic annually spends $335 million on education of Afghan nationals in Iran while the latter only receives $18.4 million annually as ...

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