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9 Taliban commanders among 18 killed in Laghman operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 18 Taliban Lions of Islam including nine commanders of the group were killed during the counter-terrorism operations in eastern 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. province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the holy warriors were killed during a series of air and ground operations conducted on Friday night in Alisheng district. Provincial governor’s front man Sarhadi Zwak confirmed that eighteen Taliban Lions of Islam including nine commanders of the group were killed. Zwak further added at least ten Taliban Lions of Islam also sustained injuries during the operations. Laghman is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups have recently increased their insurgency activities in this province. The Taliban Lions of Islam launched a coordinated attack to seize control of the provincial government compound last week. But the local officials said the attacks were repulsed by the Afghan cops and heavy casualties were incurred to the assailant Lion of Islams. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-05 |
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