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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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ISIS Seeking to Lead Afghanistan into Civil War: Hezbollah

ISIS Seeking to Lead Afghanistan into Civil War: Hezbollah

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Kunduz city, saying the terrorist outfit aims to stoke tensions and plunge Afghanistan into a civil war. Alwaght- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, condemned the ISIS terrorist attack against a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz city, saying the terr ...
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Condemnations Pour in After Mosque Attack Kill Dozens of Shiite Afghans

Condemnations Pour in After Mosque Attack Kill Dozens of Shiite Afghans

Saturday 16 October 2021 ،
Kunduz was targeted in a bombing during Friday prayers, leaving at least 150 people dead and over 200 others injured. Both tragedies were claimed by a local affiliate of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, which has a long history of attacking Afghanistan’s Shia minority. Hezbollah urges &lsq ...
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Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Brussels on Thursday

Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Brussels on Thursday

Monday 18 October 2021 ،
Kunduz in the north to Kandahar in the south as well as the capital Kabul, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group. While the bombing on a mosque in Kunduz claimed more than 150 lives, a similar terrorist attack on a mosque in Kandahar resulted in more than 60 deaths, all members of the minority Shia ...
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Peshawar Blast: Has ISIS Established Itself in Pakistan?

Peshawar Blast: Has ISIS Established Itself in Pakistan?

Monday 7 March 2022 ،
Kunduz, and Kandahar, in addition to small-scale bombings targeting the Taliban and civilians in various provinces and regions. At least 450 people were killed and 400 were injured in these attacks.  But Pakistani state and security officials have always rejected ISIS, or even its partners, ex ...
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ISIS Mosque Attack Kills dozens of Shiites in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan

ISIS Mosque Attack Kills dozens of Shiites in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan

Thursday 21 April 2022 ،
Kunduz, at least four people were killed and 18 wounded by a bomb hidden in a bicycle that targeted a vehicle carrying mechanics working for the Taliban government, police spokesman Obaidullah Abedi said. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the roadside blast targeted a van of military mechanics an ...
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Shiites Should Resort to Self-protection Model if Taliban Fails to Protect Them: Expert

Shiites Should Resort to Self-protection Model if Taliban Fails to Protect Them: Expert

Monday 25 April 2022 ،
Kunduz, killing 4. Over the past few days, the Afghan officials confirmed that dozens were killed in four bombings across the country.  Talking to Afghanistan affairs expert Nozar Shafee, Alwaght asked about the consequences of these attacks against the Shiites and what they can do for securit ...
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Mosque Attack Kills Over 50 in Kabul: Report

Mosque Attack Kills Over 50 in Kabul: Report

Friday 29 April 2022 ،
Kunduz, killing 33.  
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Explosions Rock Sikh Temple in Afghan capital

Explosions Rock Sikh Temple in Afghan capital

Saturday 18 June 2022 ،
Kunduz left one person dead and two others wounded. Last month, three deadly explosions tore through passenger vehicles in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif and a separate one hit a mosque in Kabul, killing several people. Back in April, a powerful blast hit a mosque in western Kabul ...
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At Least 19 Killed, Dozens Injured in Kabul School Blast

At Least 19 Killed, Dozens Injured in Kabul School Blast

Friday 30 September 2022 ،
Kunduz weeks ago, which killed at least 33 Afghan people, including children, and wounded 43 others. Also, in another blast outside a mosque in Afghanistan in early September, a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric and 17 other civilians were killed. The Taliban, who had previously ruled the country fr ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
Kunduz, to ridicule the Taliban tendency for partnership with China. Uyghurs are Muslim majority in China’s Xinjiang province.  Certainly, this attack would provoke the sensitivity of the Chinese who are worried about the impacts of re-rise of the Taliban on Xinjiang.  In the futur ...

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