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Ghazni province: Talib big turban toes up, ISIS big turban tied up
 Dreaded Taliban commander killed in Ghazni province [KhaamaPress] A prominent and dreaded commander of the Taliban group identified as Nawab Ahmad Haqqani has been killed in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The provincial security commandment in a statement said Nawab Ahmad Haqqani was one of the prominent commanders of the Taliban group who was actively involved in major terrorist related activities in Ghazni city. The statement further added that Haqqani was killed during a clash with the security forces late on Thursday night. According to Ghazni's security commandment, several comrades of Haqqani were also killed during the clash that took place Qalai Qazi area of Ghazni city. Nawab Ahmad Haqqani was conducting attacks against the government and security forces as well as ordinary people. The statement by the provincial security commandment also added that Nawab Ahmad Haqqani had assassinated a commander of the Afghan Special Forces in Ghazni city few days earlier. The local security officials are optimistic that the elimination of Nawab Ahmad Haqqani would have a positive impact on the security of the province. Nawab Ahmad Haqqani was the brother of another senior Taliban commander identified as Abu Bakar, the provincial security commandment said, adding that the security forces did not suffer any casualties during the clash that resulted into the killing of the dreaded Taliban commander. Afghan forces arrest ISIS recruitment leader in Ghazni province [KhaamaPress] The Afghan security forces have arrested the recruitment leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. Provincial Security Chief Farid Ahmad Mashal told reporters that the ISIS recruitment leader Mullah Edris, also famous as Abuzar, was arrested by the security forces on Friday. He said the detained militant has confessed that he was actively recruiting for the terror group from Ghazni and other provinces of the country. The anti-government armed militant groups including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far. In the meantime, Mashal said the counter-terrorism operations are underway against the anti-government armed militant groups in various restive districts of Ghazni province. He said at least 49 militants were killed and at least 21 others sustained injuries during the ground operations and airstrikes in the past 48 hours. According to Mashal, a senior commander of the Taliban group identified as Nawab Ahmad Haqqani was among those killed while another senior Taliban leader identified as Mullah Hamza has sustained injuries. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-15 |
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