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US forces carry out airstrikes on Taliban hideouts in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US forces carried out  s on Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... hideouts in eastern 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 of Afghanistan leaving at least three members of the group dead. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the airstrikes were carried out late on Friday night in the vicinity of Surkh Rod district. The source further added that the US forces unmanned aerial vehicles pounded the Taliban hideouts in the district that left at least three Talibs dead. This comes as counter-terrorism operations are underway against the Taliban and other faceless myrmidons in this province. A senior Taliban leader in charge of the military commission of the group for the 14 districts of eastern Nangarhar province was killed during an operation of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS). The governor’s office in Nangarhar in a statement said the senior Taliban leader Gul Mohammmad was killed late on Thursday night in the vicinity of Surkh Rod district. The statement further added that Gul Mohammad was also famous Sangari and was attempting to flee the area when he was rubbed out by the NDS Special Forces. Posted by: Fred 2018-05-27 |
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