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Afghan NDS Kills Daesh Intelligence Head in East
[ToloNews] The Afghan intelligence agency---the National Directorate of Security...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS)--on Saturday said that it had killed Assadullah Orakzai, the head of intelligence for the Khorasan branch of ISIS. The NDS told TOLOnews that the ISIS commander was killed during an operation near Jalalabad city, the center 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. A statement was released by the NDS late Saturday officially confirming the death of the ISIS leader. "The Special Units of the National Directorate of Security NDS have eliminated Ziaurrahman known as Assadullah Orakzai, the native of Akhel Orakzai agency of Pakistain during a targeted operation," the statement said. According to the NDS, Orakzai was involved in plotting deadly attacks on a number of military and civilian targets in Afghanistan. The NDS in the statement assured Afghanistan’s partners that it will uproot hard boyz anywhere. "Afghanistan’s regional and international partners should remember that Afghanistan is a key player in the fight against terrorist and will crush terrorists' roots anywhere," the NDS said. On April 4, the NDS announced the arrest of Abdullah Orakzai, who is known as Aslam Farooqi, the leader of the Khorasan branch of ISIS and 19 other ISIS members, including Qari Zahid and Saifullah known as Abu Talaha, during an operation by NDS special units. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-02 |
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