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Afghanistan
Afghanistan says US strikes destroy its Islamic State branch
2015-07-12
[RUDAW.NET] Afghanistan said Saturday that recent US Arclight airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 affiliate there, potentially striking a major blow to an Lion of Islam group already targeted by local Taliban fighters.

While US officials declined to confirm it, Afghan authorities said an American Arclight airstrike Friday killed Islamic State affiliate leader Hafeez Sayeed and more than 30 other murderous Moslems. That comes after Afghan officials earlier said another US Arclight airstrike killed the affiliate's second-highest official, Gul Zaman, and six others, including a former Pak Taliban front man named Shahidullah Shahid who earlier had joined the group.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The Talibs are calling in the strikes
Posted by: Frank G   2015-07-12 18:36  

#1  "funny" they don't seem to manage to do the same to the talibs.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-07-12 16:57  

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