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61 insurgents killed during counter-terrorism operations: MoD
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 61 Death Eaters were killed and 33 others were maimed during a series of counter-terrorism operations across the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday."This joined operation of the Defense Security Forces was held by supporting of the artillery and air forces in 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.. , Kapisa , Urozgan , Kandahar , Farah , Zabul , Ghazni , 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... , Takhar , Baghlan and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces," a statement by MoD said. According to the ministry, 17 were killed in Arghandab district of Zabul and one Lion of Islam was maimed, while 7 Death Eaters were killed in Alishing district of Laghman ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property. "Similarly , as a result of an operation in Balablok district of Farah , and Darqad district of Takhar , 18 Death Eaters killed , 24 others including 2 commanders maimed ,also , 3 hideouts , 3 cycle of violences , 2 PKM Machine guns and 4 AKM machine guns destroyed," the statement said. In the meantime, in Talabarfak and Doshi districts of Baghlan, 15 Death Eaters were killed and 6 others maimed while 4 others were killed and 2 were maimed in Dashte Kabli are of Ghazni province. "Afghan National Army as nation’s defense force, is ready to give sacrifice to ensure peace and security for people and has strong determination to eliminate terror groups," MoD added. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-05 |
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