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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Leader Killed in Helmand Raid |
| 2013-03-18 |
| [Tolo News] A Taliban leader called Janan has been killed in a joint Afghan and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... troops operation in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... Saturday, Isaf said. "Afghan and coalition forces conducted a security operation resulting in the death of a Taliban leader, Janan, in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, yesterday," Isaf said in a statement Sunday. Janan was responsible for directing and executing multiple attacks and kidnappings targeting security forces in Helmand province. He used improvised bombs, rockets and small arms fire during his attacks, Isaf added. Five other faceless myrmidons were killed Sunday in a separate joint operation in search of a Taliban leader in Panjwa'i district of southern Kandahar province, Isaf said. The Taliban leader is believed to be in charge of a large cell of jihad boy fighters known for conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, it added. Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors... the Afghan Ministry of Interior in a statement Sunday said that in Afghan joint operations in the past day at least three Taliban faceless myrmidons had been killed and 20 others captured. The operations were conducted in Bamyan, Badakhshan, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Pashtun-infested Logar, Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... and Helmand provinces, it said. Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated some amount of light and heavy rounds ammunitions and IEDs, the MOI statement said. |
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