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49 ISIS affiliates killed in Nangarhar drone strikes
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 49 bully boyz affiliated with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in separate drone strikes in eastern Nangahar province.

According to the local government officials, the bully boyz were killed in Achin district on Monday.

The provincial government front man Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said the first Arclight airstrike was carried out around 12:00 pm local time, leaving at least 12 bully boyz dead.

He said at least 37 others who were apparently ISIS affiliates were killed in the second drone strike in the same area around 2:00 pm local time.

The Arclight airstrikes were carried out as the bully boyz had gathered for a meeting in Achin district, the local residents said, adding that several dead bodies were left in the area following the raids.

This comes as sporadic festivities were reported between the Lion of Islam groups in parts of Achin and Nazian districts on Monday.

According to the local government officials, at least fourteen bully boyz were killed and two others were maimed during the festivities.

Clashes have intensified between the Talibs and ISIS affiliates in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province during the recent weeks as the newly emerged ISIS bully boyz are trying to gain a foothold in Afghanistan.

In the meantime, the Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
announced support to the ISIS affiliates to combat the Talibs.


Posted by: Fred 2015-07-07
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