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Taliban and Haqqani network militants suffer heavy casualties in clearance operations
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Dozens of turbans including Talibs and turbans of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during the counter-terrorism and clearance operations.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the murderous Moslems suffered casualties during the operations of the Afghan forces conducted in the past 24 hours.

A statement by MoD said at least 84 turbans were killed, 74 were maimed, and 2 others were placed in durance vile
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during the operations conducted in 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..
, Kapisa, Paktia, Maidan Wardak, Khost, Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Ghor, Badghis, Faryab, Baghlan, Badakhshan, and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces.

A statement by MoD said the majority of the casualties were incurred to the turbans in Paktia province where 33 turbans including 10 Haqqani network murderous Moslems and 3 of their local commanders were killed.

The statement further added that the Taliban
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turbans also suffered heavy casualties in Maidan Wardak operations where at least 30 turbans were killed and 57 others were maimed.

The Ministry of Defense of also added that the Afghan forces conducted 21 clearance operations, 22 special operations, and 3 night operations in total in the past 24 hours.

According to MoD, the Afghan Air Force also provided logistics support and close air support during the operations and conducted 15 Arclight airstrikes during the same period.


Posted by: Fred 2017-08-03
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