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US airstrikes pound ISIS, Taliban positions, leaving 7 militants dead
 [KhaamaPress] The US forces based in Afghanistan carried out a series of ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... positions in eastern Kunar and 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. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military said the airstrikes left at least seven gunnies dead. A statement by Silab Corps said the US unmanned aerial vehicles pounded the ISIS hideouts in Milwa and Gorgori areas of Deh Bala in Nangarhar province. The statement further added that the airstrikes left at least six ISIS gunnies and their hideouts were totally destroyed. Silab Corps said the US unmanned aerial vehicles also targeted the Taliban targets in Watapur district of Kunar and as a result a Taliban group member identified as Masiullah was killed. The Silab Corps in its also added that the airstrikes did not inflict casualties on the local residents of the two provinces. This comes as counter-terrorism operations are underway against ISIS and other gunnies in eastern Kunar, Nangarhar, and other restive provinces in the East. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-03 |
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