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Pakistani and Iranian militants among 64 killed in clearance operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least sixty four murderous Moslems including the nationals of Iran and Pakistain were killed during the counter-terrorism and clearance operations in the past twenty four hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Thursday.According to a statement by MoD, at least four Pak nationals and two Iranians fighting with the terrorist groups were killed during the latest counter-terrorism operations. The statement further added that the counter-terrorism operations were conducted in the past 24 hours with the support of the Afghan Air Force and the artillery units of the Afghan army in 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... , Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Paktia, Khost, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Badghis, 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... , Baghlan and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces. At least twenty eight murderous Moslems including a local commander of the group Kamran hailing from Pakistain and two Iranians were killed during the operations in Lashkargah and Nad-e-Ali district. The ministry further added that six murderous Moslems were maimed, a vehicle and four Ak-47 rifles were destroyed along with several Improvised Explosive Device and other types of explosives. At least nineteen Death Eaters were killed, seventeen others were maimed, and three vehicles were destroyed during the operations in Dahan-e-Ghori and Baghlan-e-Markazi districts of Baghlan, the statement said. It also added that eight Death Eaters were killed and another myrmidon was maimed during a separate operation in Zurmat district of Paktia province. According to MoD, at least four murderous Moslems were killed and another myrmidon was maimed in a separate operation conducted in Nish district of Kandahar. In another operation conducted in Andar district of southeastern Ghazni province, at least three murderous Moslems were killed and nine others were maimed, MoD said, adding that two murderous Moslems were killed and three others were maimed during the other operations in Uruzgan and Kapisa provinces. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-10 |
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