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Afghanistan
ISIS commander Mullah Bozorg killed with his 5 fighters in Nangarhar
2016-06-09
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A commander of the loyalists 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....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group was killed during an operation 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.
Mullah Bozorg was also reported killed on May 27th. He was also killed last August, when he was a Mawlawi belonging to the Taliban.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least five other ISIS loyalists were also killed during the operation conducted in Kot district.

Kot is a key district in eastern Nangarhar province where the ISIS loyalists started their operations.

The Afghan cops have been busy in clearing the district from the presence of ISIS loyalists during the past several days.

At least 5 loyalists of the terror group were killed in an Arclight airstrike carried out by the Afghan Air Force on Monday in Kot district, while 11 of them were killed and 14 others were maimed in a similar raid in this district earlier.

Posted by:Fred

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