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19 Lashkar-e-Taiba Terrorists Killed In Airstrikes In Afghanistan
[NDTV] At least 19 Lashkar-e-Taiba...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... bad boyz were potted and eight others maimed in the ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... , bordering Pakistain, Afghan government said today, signalling a major crackdown on the terror group operating from across the border. The "19 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed and eight others were maimed," the statement said. A major operation is underway in Dangam district to clear the area from the presence of terrorist groups, it added. The statement, however, did not provide the details of the air strikes and was silent on whether international coalition was involved in the operation. The action against the terror group comes as local officials in neighboring Nuristan province said in mid-2014 that LeT is attempting to establish bases in eastern parts of Afghanistan, Khaama news reported. "The officials further added that over 100 LeT Death Eaters were deployed in Nuristan province in an attempt to set up training camps in Kamdish district," it said. The group, one of the largest and most proficient of the Kashmire-focused groups, was accused of coordinating and carrying out attack on Indian consulate in western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province of Afghanistan in 2014, it added. Last month, Afghanistan's Vice President Sarwar Danesh had accused Pakistain of waging an "undeclared war" on its people by plotting "merciless" terror attacks and training and financing groups like the Taliban and Haqqani network  .Posted by: Fred 2016-10-31 |
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