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US denies Afghan claim of civilian deaths in Nangarhar
[DAWN] The United States on Saturday vehemently denied claims by Afghan officials that it had killed several civilians in an air strike in volatile eastern Afghanistan.Afghan officials had said 11 civilians, including women and kiddies, were killed when a private vehicle was struck in Haska Mina district of 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, a hotbed of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... activity, on Thursday. But United States Forces in Afghanistan said in a statement the air strike "killed a number of Death Eaters". "The snuffies were observed loading weapons in to a vehicle and were under surveillance until the vehicle was destroyed by an air strike," said Bob Purtiman, a front man for American operations in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-13 |
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