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22 Taliban militants killed, wounded on Kabul-Jalalabad highway
[KhaamaPress] The security forces killed or maimed at least 22 Talibs during a clash on Kabul-Jalalabad highway, the Afghan military said.
A photo of the bodies lined up at the feet of tge Afghan troops who dunnit can be seen at the link.
The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted a joint operation based on a tip off in Sarkund Baba area Laghman
...Afghan province with 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 which is located on Kabul-Jalalabad highway.

The statement further added that the security forces killed 16 Talibs and maimed at least 6 others during the clash.

The security forces also confiscated some weapons and munitions following the clash, the 201st Silab Corps added in its statement.

The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 group has not commented regarding the incident so far.

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