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Airstrike targets group of Taliban militants involved in planning suicide attacks
[KhaamaPress] At least seven Talibs were killed in an  which was carried out in the vicinity of Khogyani district of 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. The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Afghan Special Forces called in air support after coming under fire during the operation late last night. The statement further added that 7 bully boyz who were involved in planning and coordinating suicide kabooms and roadside kaboomings were killed in the airstrike. The anti-government armed bully boyz including Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... have not commented regarding the report so far. Nangarhar province has been among the relatively calm provinces but the security situation in some of its remote districts has tanked during the recent amid growing attempts by Taliban and ISIS sympathizers to expand foothold in this province. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-19 |
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