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Airstrikes kill 4 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar province
[KhaamaPress] The security forces carried out separate  s in two districts 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 killing at least four Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... fighters. "A strike in Deh Bala district killed 1 Taliban fighter," the military officials said earlier on Sunday. The officials further added that the security forces carried out a similar airstrike in Achin district of Nangarhar and killed 3 Taliban fighters. The anti-government armed Death Eaters including Taliban have not commented regarding the airstrikes so far. Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the anti-government armed elements are active in some of the remote districts of the province. Both Taliban and ISIS loyalists are active in remote districts of Nangarhar where they often attempt to carry out terrorist related activities against the government and security institutions. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-28 |
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