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Ghani Commends Afghan Forces for Clearing Nangarhar of Daesh
[ToloNews] President Ghani, visiting 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 on Tuesday, said the "elimination "of ISIS in the province is a major achievement for Afghanistan, the region and the world. In recent years, Nangarhar has been named a key ISIS base in Afghanistan. According to government forces in Nangarhar, 243 ISIS fighters with 625 women and kiddies have surrendered to the government.Ghani made the trip expressly to acknowledge the achievement of Afghan cops. "I want to congratulate you (residents of Nangarhar) and say that you have come up with a formula that will be a model for the survival of Afghanistan; Meaning: the people, based on a cautious security analysis, work with the security forces and the civilian administration, and with unity make everything possible," said Ghani. Ghani also considered what to do with the ISIS members and their families who have surrendered. "My request, Mr. Governor, is to speak to the elders as soon as possible in order to deal in an Afghan and Islamic way with the women and kiddies of ISIS fighters and to prepare a plan to transfer them to the other tribes-- of .png "Wazoo") Wazoo or Khyber Agency ... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though.... I don't want to hand them over to Pakistain." Ghani said. Local officials told of the significance of public uprisings in confronting ISIS in Nangarhar. "We achieved this without a lot of bombings, without a lot of force, but with cooperation among our forces and with the people," said Shah Mahmood Miakhel, Nangarhar’s governor. Related: Nangarhar: 2019-11-19 Airstrikes kill 21 Taliban, ISIS militants; destroy car bombs in 6 provinces Nangarhar: 2019-11-19 Special Forces kill 5 Taliban, ISIS militants; destroy multiple caches of weapons Nangarhar: 2019-11-18 Nangarhar: ISIS in Khurasan Province surrenders to Taliban, 72 more ISIS turbans surrender to Afghan gov’t forces Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-20 |
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