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Senior Taliban leader arrested in Logar, 60 killed during the operations: MoI
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said a senior Taliban leader was placed in durance vilePlease don't kill me! during an operation in central Pashtun-infested Logar province while at least 60 others were killed during the counter-terrorism operations. "Yesterday evening, a senior armed Taliban member named Shaista Mohammad was arrested when Afghan National Police launched a special operation in Qala-e-Ghafar village, Pul-e-Alam City capital of Pashtun-infested Logar province," MoI said in a statement. The statement further added that Shaista Mohammad was involved in many terrorist and destructive activities in Kharwar, Charkh and Azra districts of Pashtun-infested Logar province. In another statement, MoI said "In past 24 hours, Afghan National Defense and Security launched 22 Counter-Terrorism joint operations to clear some of the areas from Lions of Islam and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan." According to MoI, the operations were conducted in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... , 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.. , Kandahar, Zabul, Oruzgan, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Sar-e-Pul ...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone... , Faryab and Kunduz provinces. "As a result 60 armed forces of Evil were killed, 18 maimed and 10 others were arrested by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces." Posted by: Fred 2016-12-28 |
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