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30 Taliban militants killed in Nangarhar air and ground raids
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 30 Taliban turbans were killed in a series of air and ground raids in 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 of Afghanistan. The provincial police commandment in a statement said Thursday that the operations were conducted in the restive Haska Meena district jointly by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). The statement further added that the dead bodies of at least 5 Taliban turbans were left in the area and the Afghan forces confiscated a PK machine gun and 4 Ak-47 assault rifles belonging to the Death Eaters. The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far. Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where the Taliban turbans and bully boyz belonging to 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are actively operating in a number of its remote districts. The joint raids agaisnt the Talibs in Haska Meena came as the group launched a coordinated attack on security posts in this district last week. However the Afghan forces managed to repulse the Taliban offensive and clearance operations are still underway to clear the area from the bully boyz presence. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-26 |
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