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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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Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Sunday 18 December 2022
Haqqani network and as a result, 17 forces of both sides were killed. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani network, who is the most radical member of the interim government, considered himself more worthy to be the head of the government, but he lost in this competition and settled for the ...
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Humans or Chess Pieces? Costs of US-led War on Afghans

Humans or Chess Pieces? Costs of US-led War on Afghans

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
Haqqani told Aljazeera that the group launched an inquiry and found that in days mentioned by Prince Harry in the killing account, no militants were killed, which means that he killed innocent civilians.  “This account is part of the 20 years of war crimes in Afghanistan during the Weste ...
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There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert

There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert

Tuesday 14 February 2023 ،
Haqqani Network has severely criticized the leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. From your point of view, how serious is the split in the Taliban and how likely is the removal of the Taliban leader in the current situation?  Zahedi: There are two very important points concerning this issue. First, th ...
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Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?

Why’s Iran Handed Over Afghanistan Embassy to Taliban?

Wednesday 1 March 2023 ،
Haqqani is set to serve as acting Afghanistan ambassador to Tehran. Earlier, Afghanistan embassies in Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Russia and China were handed over to the Taliban.  Relative improvement of relations with the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan comes as with the inauguration of administr ...
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Afghan Immigrants Case on Taliban Agenda

Afghan Immigrants Case on Taliban Agenda

Thursday 6 April 2023 ،
Haqqani was present. Recently, Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammad Kazemi Qomi in a meeting with the Taliban officials discussed facilitation of return home of Afghan immigrants in Iran.  Since the Taliban came to power, many meetings have been held between the officials of this gr ...
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US Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military into Backing Overthrow: Imran Khan

US Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military into Backing Overthrow: Imran Khan

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
Haqqani, hired by my government without me knowing it, who was actually telling the U.S. that I, Imran Khan, was anti-American and actually, the army chief was pro-American. [Haqqani told The Intercept and other news outlets that Khan’s claim is false.] So later on, we discovered tha ...
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Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Is Taliban Incapable of Containing ISIS?

Monday 12 June 2023 ،
Haqqani and Omar Khalid Khorasani, one of the leaders of the Pakistani Taliban, were killed on the eve of the first anniversary of the Taliban government.  More than a year from the takeover of power by the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, observers and international organizations believe that ...
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Taliban De-Persianizing Afghanistan Culture: Roots and Ramifications

Taliban De-Persianizing Afghanistan Culture: Roots and Ramifications

Wednesday 29 November 2023 ،
Haqqani Network, for example, has taken many measures against the Shiites in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hazaras, a Shiite minority in northern Afghanistan, are not immune to the hostile actions of this radical group. The Hazaras speak Persian and the efforts to remove Persian from Afghanistan’s ...
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Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship

Tahreek-e-Taliban, a Bone of Contention in Taliban-Pakistan Relationship

Sunday 30 June 2024 ،
Haqqani Network terror group that controls the security affairs in Pakistan has friendly relations with the TTP and the common enemity to Pakistan appears to have put the two groups in a single front. However, the Taliban leadership in general is not interested in tensions with Pakistan due to the u ...
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What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?

What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Haqqani, the interior minister of the Taliban government, who is specifically designated by the US as a terrorist, met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of the UAE, in Abu Dhabi in June. This recognition may be part of a broader strategy aimed at securing the UAE's interests i ...

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Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks

Gaza schools are the targets of the Zionist regimes attacks