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Afghanistan |
Haqqani Leaders Arrested in Khost, Logar |
2012-11-21 |
[Tolo News] A big shot of the Haqqani network was captured with two other suspected bully boyz in a joint Afghan and Isaf operation in eastern Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... on Tuesday, Isaf said in a statement. The leader is believed to have facilitated the movement of bully boyz and directed the placing of improvised bombs (IEDs), the statement said. A second Haqqani leader was tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! in eastern Pashtun-infested Logar province in a joint operation on Tuesday, alleged to have organised the transfer of weapons to myrmidon fighters throughout the province, Isaf said. Meanwhile in southern Kandahar province, a weapons controller for the Taliban was arrested, alleged to have supplied weapons, ammunition and IEDs to bully boyz throughout Kandahar. Also on Monday, at least four bully boyz were killed by a joint security force in eastern Ghazni province, Isaf said in the statement. It claimed that the security force saw the armed bully boyz firing several heavy weapons toward Khugyani district center and the military killed them in response, it said. An myrmidon was also killed in a joint operation in eastern 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 on Tuesday, it added. |
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