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Airstrike targets prominent Taliban leader’s compound in Laghman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] An ...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 reputation for great 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. The provincial government in a statement said the The statement further added that the forces of Evil have suffered casualties during the The According to the local officials, is a prominent Taliban leader who has involved in numerous terrorist related activities during the recent years. Laghman has been among the relatively calm provinces since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 but the anti-government armed murderous Moslem groups have increased their insurgency in some parts of the province during the recent years. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-21 |
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