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Key Taliban leader among 6 killed in US drone strike in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A key commander of the Taliban group was killed along with his five fighters 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 government officials, the murderous Moslems were targeted on Wednesday afternoon in Chaknoor area of Lalpur district. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed that a key local leader of the group identified as Elias was killed in the raid. He said at least five other murderous Moslems were also killed and another one was maimed in the According to Khogyani, a hideout of the murderous Moslems a several weapons, ammunition, and explosives were also destroyed. Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including the loyalists of ISIS terrorist group are attempting to expand their foothold in this province. This comes as the Afghan forces with the support of the US forces based in Afghanistan are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations in some remote districts of Nangarhar under the ongoing Shaheen-25 operations. The US forces based in Afghanistan resumed their operations against the murderous Moslems last year after they were granted broader role by the B.O. regime. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-03 |
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