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Prominent Taliban leader killed during clashes with ALP forces in Laghman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A prominent Taliban...Arabic for students... leader who was in the wanted list of the Afghan cops since a long time has been killed during the festivities with the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces in eastern Laghman  ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.province. The provincial government media office in a statement said the senior Taliban leader Farhad who was also famous as Badar was killed in Mehtarlam city late on Monday night. The statement further added that Badar was killed during a clash that took place in Armal and Safi village. According to the Laghman provincial government, Badar was a key Taliban leader who was involved in liquidations, roadside kaboomings, killing of innocent civilians and various other types of terrorist related activities. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-20 |
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