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Taliban commander among 5 killed or wounded in Nangarhar drone strike
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A commander of the Taliban group was among at least five faceless myrmidons killed or maimed in a US dronezap 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. According to the local security officials, the Provincial police front man Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal confirmed that the faceless myrmidons were targeted in Sangini area of Chaparhar late on Monday night. He said a commander of the Taliban group was killed along with another Lion of Islam and at least three others were maimed. Mashraqiwal further added that the Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces since the fall of the Taliban regime but the anti-government armed bad boy groups have recently increased their insurgency activities in some remote districts during the recent years. The US forces based in Afghanistan resumed their counter-terrorism operations last year under a broader role granted by the B.O. regime. The operations were resumed amid concerns that the bad boy groups including ISIS loyalists are attempting to expand their activities and presence in this province. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-01 |
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