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ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with 5 comrades in Nangarhar drone strike
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A leader of the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Yasir Khurasani was killed with his five comrades during an  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. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the U.S. forces carried out airstrikes using unmanned aerial vehicles targeting the ISIS hideouts in Wazir Tangi area of Khogyani district. The statement further added that the airstrikes left ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani and his comrades dead and a Dshk heavy machine gun was destroyed. The Afghan forces also discovered and defused two improvised bombs during the separate operations conducted in Mohmandara and Rodat districts, the 203rd Silab Corps added. The anti-government armed myrmidon and terrorist groups including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far. Posted by: Fred 2018-08-31 |
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