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Taliban commander among 6 killed, wounded in U.S. drone strike in Laghman
[KhaamaPress] At least six snuffies including a local commander of the group were killed or maimed in U.S. dronezap 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 repution for great 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.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men. province of Afghanistan. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the coalition forces carried out  s using unmanned aerial vehicles, targeting the snuffies in Qala Tak area of Alisheng district in Laghman.The statement further added that the airstrikes left at least three snuffies dead, including their local commander Allah Yar. According to 201st Silab Corps, at least three snuffies also sustained injuries during the airstrikes. The anti-government armed myrmidon groups including Talibs have not commented regarding the report so far. Laghman has been among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the security situation in some of its districts has tanked comparatively during the recent years amid ongoing efforts by anti-government armed snuffies to expand their insurgency in this province. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-06 |
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