|
US airstrike leaves 3 ISIS militants dead in East of Afghanistan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three ISIS turbans were killed in an  conducted by the US forces 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 of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Haska Mina district on Saturday. The provincial police commandment also confirmed the report and in a statement said a hideout of the terror group was pounded in Awghaz area. The statement further added that three turbans of the terror group were killed in the airstrike but no one else was killed or maimed. The anti-government armed turban groups including the ISIS turbans have not commented regarding the report so far. At least twenty five turbans affiliated with the terror group were killed in the latest airstrikes conducted in this province last week. According to the officials of the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan army in the East, the airstrikes were carried out on Tuesday in the vicinity of Achin district. The officials further added that the turbans and their hideouts were hit during the raids in Mamand Shin area, leaving twenty of the loyalists of the terror group dead. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-12 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=503515 |