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18 ISIS loyalists killed, 11 wounded in Nangarhar airstrike
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 18 loyalists 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....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed and 11 others were maimed during an Arclight airstrike 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.

The Arclight airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Kot district where the loyalists of the terror group are actively operating.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said a vehicle belonging to ISIS loyalists was also destroyed in the Arclight airstrike.

Earlier, at least 9 ISIS loyalists were killed and 7 others were maimed during an operation in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province.

The loyalists of the terror group are believed to have significant presence in some parts of eastern Nangarhar province.

The Afghanistan National Security Council (NSC) earlier approved in principle the strategy to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group as the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to expand foothold in the country.


Posted by: Fred 2016-06-06
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