[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that all villages of Achin District have been cleared of the forces of Evil belonging to the 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(IS) or Daesh [Islamic State].
Achin was considered as a stronghold of the group 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 where they had established captivities and were also carrying out executions.
Defense Ministry says 1,000 families internally displaced because militancy have returned to their homes in Achin.
Officials are now discussing options to establish security posts in this district for preventing the possible return of Daesh [Islamic State].
The civilians who have stood up with their arms against insurgency would be deployed in these posts.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues...
spokesperson for the governor of Nangarhar province said that Operation Shaheen 18 launched against Daesh [Islamic State] in Achin has been extended to the neighboring Nazyan District.
When the network is dismantled in Nazyant District, new security posts would be established and civilians who have been fighting Daesh [Islamic State] along with security forces would be stationed there, Ataullah Khogyani added.