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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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Sharif against Dismissal of Sharif

Sharif against Dismissal of Sharif

Sunday 7 September 2014
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, defense minister, believes that the Pakistan army has been the supporter of democracy in Pakistan and has done its best not to meddle in policy.  According to the reports, Army assures Nawaz Sharif that no coup is coming against government, but government should pay Army's ...
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What’s behind Pakistani FM Visit to Iran, Turkey?

What’s behind Pakistani FM Visit to Iran, Turkey?

Sunday 17 September 2017 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Iran and Turkey in past few days to discuss ways to settle the Afghan crisis, less than a month after Islamabad-Washington tensions escalated over the new US strategy in Afghanistan. The American President Donald Trump has recently announced tenets of his new strategy ...
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$150 Billion Narcotics Smuggled from Afghanistan as US-Led Forces Watch: Pakistan FM

$150 Billion Narcotics Smuggled from Afghanistan as US-Led Forces Watch: Pakistan FM

Monday 25 December 2017 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif says it was strange that narcotics worth 150 billion dollars are smuggled out of Afghanistan despite the presence of US-led forces. The top Pakistani diplomat added that nearly 9,000-ton opium was being cultivated in Afghanistan, which was an alarming situation. Speaking duri ...
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Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Islamabad-Kabul Agreement to End Border Tensions

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Kabul by surprise and met with Taliban’s Acting First Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Abdul Ghani stressed that the economic issues should not be tied to political issues and called for release of Afghanistan citizens in Paki ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges

Iran and Pakistan: Two neighboring nations facing shared adversaries and challenges

Sunday 21 January 2024 ،
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the former Pakistani Defense Minister, highlighted on Thursday the shared challenge of terrorism in the region, involving Tehran and Islamabad. Stressing the importance of preserving longstanding relations with Iran, he remarked, We should bear in mind that the Islamic Republi ...

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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