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87 militants including 19 ISIS-K fighters killed in 8 provinces of Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] At least 87 Death Eaters including 19 ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) fighters were killed during the latest operations which were conducted in 8 provinces of Afghanistan lately.According to informed military sources, Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Khugyani district of 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 last night killing 19 ISIS-K fighters. The sources further added that Afghan Special Forces conducted a similar operation in Zurmat district of Paktiya province killing 3 Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters while an  killed another 6 Taliban fighters in the same area.The Afghan Special Forces conducted a clearing operation in Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan killing 17 Taliban fighters and destroying 10 pounds of homemade explosives. The Afghan cops conducted another raid in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province killing 7 Taliban fighters and confiscating 1 Taliban Humvee and 1 Ranger vehicle. An airstrike in Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan killed 5 Taliban fighters while Afghan cops conducted an operation in Pul-e Khumri district of Baghlan province killing 3 Taliban fighters. An airstrike in Chimtal district of Balkh province killed 7 Taliban fighters, the sources said, adding that Afghan Special Forces conducted a two-day operation with ANA forces in Pusht-e Rod district of Farha province killing 7 Taliban fighters and wounding 9 others. "Afghan cops repelled an attack from Taliban forces early this morning in Nimroz province. The ANA sent a quick reaction force to reinforce the checkpoint being attacked. Airstrikes were called to target the Taliban fighters as they tried to regroup in the open after the initial attack. As a result of the combined effort, 13 Taliban fighters were killed," the sources added. The anti-government armed Death Eaters including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations so far. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-02 |
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