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Haqqani network commander leading a group of 50 insurgents killed in Logar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A prominent commander of the Haqqani terrorist network who was leading a group of at last fifty bully boyz was killed during an operation in central Pashtun-infested Logar province of Afghanistan.The Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan in a statement confirmed that the commander of the terror network was killed late on Tuesday night. The statement further added that the slain Haqqani network  commander has been identified as Mawlavi Abdul Rahman who was also famous as Mullah Qand.According to MoI, the operation that led to the killing of Mullah Qand was conducted in the vicinity of Kharwar district by the Special Unit of the Afghan national police forces. The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including the Taliban ...Arabic for students... and Haqqani network have not commented regarding the report so far. The Afghan and US officials saying that the leadership councils of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network having links with the Taliban are based in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , Quetta, and other parts of Pakistain and the terror network is involved in some of the largest attacks in the country, including the ones on US forces. The Afghan officials earlier said that the deadly kaboom near the embassy of Germany in Kabul was plotted by the Haqqani network in Pakistain, although the leaders of the network and the Taliban have rejected their role in the devastating attack that killed over one hundred and fifty people. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-01 |
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