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IS versus Taliban
[THEFRIDAYTIMES] On July 5, the Death Eaters of IS warned local farmers in the eastern NangarharThe 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 to stop cultivating opium. They also reportedly slapped some local smokers and those using 'naswar', a famous tobacco snuff consumed by Pashtuns around the world. On January 27, on Pak side of the Durand Line, an important Pak Taliban leader, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed Khan, announced his allegiance to Al Baghdadi and reportedly took charge as the emir of IS in Pakistain and Afghanistan. Some disgruntled Taliban groups like Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain's Mehmond chapter, and the former TTP front man Shahidullah Shahid, also announced allegiance to the IS chief -- a new claimant for the title Ameerul Momineen, which was previously claimed by Mullah Umar. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-12 |
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