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Taliban vehicle hit mine planted by own fighters, leaving 11 dead, wounded
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the fighters of the own group 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 of Afghanistan, leaving at least eleven gunnies of the group dead or maimed. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army in the East said the incident took in the vicinity of Sherzad district. The source further added that several Taliban snuffies were travelling in a pickup vehicle when it run over an IED already planted by the bad boys, leaving four of them dead and five others maimed. In the meantime, the provincial government media office in a statement said at least three Taliban snuffies were killed during a clash with the security force in Khogyani district. According to the officials, all the incidents took place within the past 24 hours. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-11 |
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