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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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Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport after US Drone Strike

Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport after US Drone Strike

Monday 30 August 2021
Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the US conducted a drone strike allegedly targeting a potential planner with the ISIS terrorist group. Alwaght- Five rockets hit the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the US conducted a drone strike allegedly targeting a potential pla ...
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Afghanistan Stability Riddle: How Can Home, Foreign Actors Help?

Afghanistan Stability Riddle: How Can Home, Foreign Actors Help?

Wednesday 1 September 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai and former Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, say they are forming a group to manage the transfer of power to the new government and to discuss the nature of the future political system. Actually, at least in claims the Taliban have shown a will to interact with all groups to fo ...
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Biden, Ghani Unprepared for Immediate Fall of Afghanistan: Reuters

Biden, Ghani Unprepared for Immediate Fall of Afghanistan: Reuters

Wednesday 1 September 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai in a press conference, Ghani pushed back. “Karzai would not be helpful,” he said. “He is contrary, and time is of the essence, we cannot bring every single individual … We have tried for months with President Karzai. Last time we met for 110 minutes; he was curs ...
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UAE Eyeing Afghanistan Foothold, Amid Qatar Strong Sway

UAE Eyeing Afghanistan Foothold, Amid Qatar Strong Sway

Sunday 5 September 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai International Airport, after the US and NATO withdrawal. Taliban's response to the idea was strong opposition. However, Ankara softened its tone towards the group and even Erdogan met with the Taliban leaders. Doha seems to have played an undeniable role in this convergence.  ...
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A Look into Taliban’s Cabinet

A Look into Taliban’s Cabinet

Sunday 12 September 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai as a president of Afghanistan in 2008.  As a Taliban branch, Haqqani Network carried out a number of deadliest attacks in Afghanistan over the past two decades, including Kabul truck blast in 2017 that took lives of 150.  The group is also charged with attacks on the US emba ...
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First Iranian Plane Carrying Humanitarian Aid Lands in Kabul

First Iranian Plane Carrying Humanitarian Aid Lands in Kabul

Wednesday 15 September 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai and head of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah had in a telephone conversations with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian asked for humanitarian aid. Abdollahian stressed that Iran would maintain trade and keep its borders w ...
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Nearly 20 Killed, Dozens Injured in Twin Blasts Rocking Kabul’s Biggest Hospital

Nearly 20 Killed, Dozens Injured in Twin Blasts Rocking Kabul’s Biggest Hospital

Tuesday 2 November 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul late August, which killed at least 175 people. Senior Taliban officials have unequivocally blamed the US for the resurgence of Daesh, which ironically coincided with the botched exit of the US-led coalition forces from Afghanistan mid-August. The US-led ...
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China Condemns ’Ruthless Verdict’ in US Probe into Kabul Drone strike

China Condemns ’Ruthless Verdict’ in US Probe into Kabul Drone strike

Saturday 6 November 2021 ،
Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan's capital,” explained US official referring to Khorasan branch of Daesh terrorist group. “The result of the US investigation is the most callous and ruthless “verdict” for the more than 32 million Afghan people who suffer ...
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What’s Behind Imran Khan’s Offer to Send Manpower to Afghanistan?

What’s Behind Imran Khan’s Offer to Send Manpower to Afghanistan?

Tuesday 18 January 2022 ،
Hamid Karzai said his country does not need foreign manpower.  In a Twitter post, Karzai said that Afghanistan has many young experts and hundreds of thousands of educated young boys and girls who have graduated from home and foreign universities in various grades, and so there is no need for ...
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Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
Hamid Karzai and then Ashraf Ghani, according to the agreements, Pakistan, with the support of the UN and the US and under the pretext of controlling the borders and countering the movement of terrorists, fenced most of the border and set up stations for passport checks. Although the government of P ...

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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