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| Afghanistan |
| Defense minister visited Nangarhar to launch major anti-ISIS operation |
| 2016-07-22 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The minister of defense General Abdullah Habibi has visited 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 to discuss the launch of a major operation against the loyalists of 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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in this province. The provincial government in a statement said Gen. Habibi met with the provincial officials to discuss the launch of the operation. The statement further added Gen. Habibi also visited the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army and discussed the operation with the military officials in detail. President Mohamad AShraf Ghani has given the task to 201st Silab Corps to eliminate the loyalists of the terror group rom Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan provinces. Earlier President Ghani visited Nangarhar province to meet the provincial officials and assess the security situation of the province. He ordered the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army to completely root out the hard boyz from Nangarhar. President Ghani further added that the difficult days in the country have gone but he cautioned that the enemies of Afghanistan are still plotting destructive activities. He also visited the residents of Kot district and hailed for their resistance and fight against the loyalists of ISIS terrorist group. This comes as ISIS loyalists have been attempting to expand foothold in the country, an attempt that has forced the Afghan and US forces to step up strikes against them. The US forces are regularly conducting drone strikes against the loyalists of the terror group in the restive parts of Nangarhar besides the Afghan forces conduct air and ground raids. |
| Posted by:Fred |