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17 Daesh militants killed in air strike, clash with security forces in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] 17 fighters of the terrorist group of 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....
(IS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh [Islamic State] have been killed in an air strike and clash with security forces 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 of Afghanistan.

Officials say Daesh [Islamic State] fighters were busy in armed activities when they came under an air strike in Bazaar of Achin District on Monday.

The air strike left 11 gunnies killed and two others maimed.

The following night, security forces killed at least six gunnies of the group in a clash in the jurisdiction of Rodat District.

Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal said dead bodies of the gunnies killed were left in the battlefield.

According to Col. Mashriqiwal, one murderous Moslem was also captured alive.

Security forces and civilians have not received harm in the air strike or the shootout.


Posted by: Fred 2016-02-10
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