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Taliban’s shadow district chief killed during gun battle with Nangarhar residents
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A shadow district chief of the Taliban...Arabic for students... group has been killed during the festivities with the local residents in eastern 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.. province. The provincial police commandment in a statement said Taliban’s shadow district chief for Khogyani district was killed on Tuesday after a brief clash with the residents of the district. The statement further added that the shadow district chief of the Taliban for Khogyani has been identified as Waifullah who was also famous Omar. Another key Taliban group member identified as Enayatullah was also maimed during the clash, the police commandment said, adding that the Afghan army soldiers arrived in the area to assist the local residents. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-11 |
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