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Afghanistan
2 Daesh militants killed, 3 wounded by own bombs in Nangarhar
2016-03-03
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Two loyalists of the terrorist group of 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....
(IS) which is also known by its Arabic name Daesh [Islamic State] have been killed by their own explosives 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.

According to a statement released on Wednesday by the spokesperson of Nangarhar police, the incident took place in Mazdaki village of Achin district.

"Two Daesh [Islamic State] gunnies have been killed and three others maimed in the kabooms of their two home-made bombs in the jurisdiction of Mazdaki of Achin district," states Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal’s statement.

Even though, the Ministry of Defense says they have cleared all villages of Achin district from the presence of Daesh [Islamic State] during the ongoing military offensive ‘Operation Shaheen 18’ but it is believed that the group still has a strong presence in the area.

Posted by:Fred

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