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ISIS used funeral participants as human shield to attack Afghan forces
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A probe into the deadly operations against the ISIS hard boyz in eastern NangarharThe 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 has confirmed the civilian casualties besides scores of ISIS Lions of Islam were killed or maimed. The probe team was found after reports emerged that several civilians sustained casualties in the raid conducted in Haska Mina district. According to the findings of the probe team, the ISIS forces of Evil had taken shelter inside a house where a funeral ceremony was held, taking scores of civilians as hostages and using them as human shields. The members of the probe team said the ISIS Lions of Islam immediately launched an attack on the security personnel after hostage takings, prompting the security personnel to respond to the fire with the support of airpower. At least 25 ISIS forces of Evil were killed and 15 others were maimed in the operation that lasted for several hours. The provincial government in a statement said the probe team included high level government officials including officials from the 4th brigade of the army, police commandment, intelligence directorate and other related government institutions. In the meantime, the local residents reaffirmed their support to the security personnel and institutions in their fight against the forces of Evil of the terror group in this province, the probe team members said. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-26 |
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