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ISIS militants, ALP forces suffer casualties in Nangarhar clash
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group and Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces suffered casualties in the latest clash between the two sides 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. According to the local government officials, the ISIS loyalists launched an attack on ALP check posts in Kot district late on Thursday night. An official in Kot district confirmed the incident and said 12 ISIS loyalists and 5 ALP troops were killed during the clash. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the ISIS loyalists are foreigners and their dead bodies were left in the area until mid-Friday. The provincial police commandment in a statement confirmed the incident and said the clash between the two sides lasted for several hours until ISIS loyalists were forced to retreat. The statement further added that another ISIS hard boy was killed in a dronezap conducted by the foreign forces in Haska Mina district. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-05 |
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