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Afghanistan
5 soldiers martyred, 29 militants killed in counterterrorism operations
2016-06-23
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 29 anti-government armed Lions of Islam were killed and 10 others were maimed in the latest counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said Wednesday that the operations were jointly conducted by the Afghan cops.

The statement further added that 21 suspects were placed in durance vile
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
and a would-be jacket wallah was among those held by the Afghan forces.

The majority of the Lions of Islam were killed in northern Kunduz province, MoD said, adding that 8 bad boy including the group’s commander identified as Abu Bakar was killed.

In another operation in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province, 6 Lions of Islam were killed, while 6 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 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.

MoD also added that 6 Lions of Islam were killed in another operation in Tagab district of northeastern Badakhshan province, while 3 Lions of Islam were killed, 4 were maimed in Ghani and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces.

According to MoD, at least 5 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces also bit the dust during the operations.

Posted by:Fred

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