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Nearly 200 militants killed, wounded in latest raid of Afghan forces: MoD
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Nearly 200 anti-government armed faceless myrmidons were killed or maimed in the latest raids of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Monday.According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), the raids were jointly conducted by Afghan army, police and intelligence operatives in the past 24 hours. The statement further added that the ground forces were receiving close-air support by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) as well as the artillery units of the Afghan army. MoD said at least 96 faceless myrmidons were killed and 93 others were maimed with majority of the faceless myrmidons killed in northern Kunduz province. According to MoD, at least 82 faceless myrmidons were killed and 69 others were maimed during the raids in Dasht-e-Achi, Khanabad, Chahar Dara, Imam Sahib and outskirts of Kunduz city. The ministry added that the remaining faceless myrmidons were killed during the operations in Kandahar, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , and Baghlan provinces. The anti-government armed myrmidon groups have not commented regarding the reports so far. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... MoD said at least five soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces also bit the dust during the operations conducted with an aim to suppress the foreign and local myrmidons. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-19 |
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