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Afghanistan
4 ISIS loyalists, 3 Taliban insurgents killed in Nangarhar airstrikes
2016-04-08
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four Lions of Islam affiliated with 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a drone strike 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 of Afghanistan.

According to the local government officials, the Lions of Islam were targeted in a drone strike in Achin district earlier today.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the Arclight airstrike and said at least three Taliban faceless myrmidons were also targeted in a separate drone strike.

He said the raid was conducted in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province, leaving 3 Lions of Islam dead, including a commander of the Lion of Islam group.

The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups have not commented regarding the reports so far.

This comes as the US Air Force has reportedly dropped 251 bombs and missiles targeting mainly the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan during the months of January and February.

According to the data compiled by the Air Force, the Arclight airstrikes in the first two months of the year was more than three times the strikes in the same period last year.

The increase in Arclight airstrikes followed by President Barack Obama
teachable moment...
’s grant of authority to launch attacks on Islamic State Lions of Islam who had gained control over territory in several provinces, including areas in the Tora Bora region, where the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones...
once took refuge.

Posted by:Fred

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