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ANA attack helos hit Talibunnies in Nangarhar province
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) targeted a group of anti-government armed militants in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Tuesday.A statement by MoD said the airstrike was carried out in Hesarak district by helicopters providing close air support to 201st Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces. The statement further added that one militant was killed and three others sustained critical injuries in the airstrike. Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities. Militants belonging to Taliban group as well as loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are operating in Nangarhar province. In a separate statement, MoD said at least 34 militants were killed and 10 others were wounded during counter-terrorism operations conducted by the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces during the past 24 hours. According to MoD, the operations were conducted in Kunar, Hesarak district of Nangarhar, Logar, Kunduz, and Helmand provinces. The Afghan armed forces also discovered and defused numerous Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), MoD said, adding that six members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces also lost their lives during the operations. Posted by: badanov 2015-12-23 |
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