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Taliban hideouts hit in special night raid involving airstrikes in Nangarhar
[Khaama] The hideouts of the Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... snuffies were targeted in special night operations involving 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 several faceless myrmidons dead, the local officials said Sunday. According to the officials, the operations were conducted late on Saturday night in the vicinity of Khogyani district. The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed the special operations in Khogyani district. The statement further added that six snuffies were killed after their hideouts were targeted in The former shadow district chief of the Taliban group was also among those killed, the statement said, adding that the special forces also conducted another operation in the same district last night. According to the provincial government, at least five snuffies were killed and four others were tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! alive during the operation. The local officials are saying that the identities of those killed and arrested will be released later. The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including the Taliban snuffies have not commented regarding the report so far. Nangarahr is among the relatively calm provinces but the faceless myrmidons belonging to the Taliban group and ISIS terrorist group are active in some remote districts of the province, including in Khogyani. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-03 |
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