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| 70% of ISIS militants in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban: Nicholson |
| 2016-08-02 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said roughly 70 per cent 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) terror group loyalists fighting in Afghanistan are the members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain. Briefing the Washington-based journalists earlier this week, Gen. Nicholson, said "In the case of Islamic State Khorasan province, the majority of the members are from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP)." Gen. Nicholson further added that many of these turbans were forced out of Pakistain by the Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... military operation. He said many IS fighters 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 came from Pakistain’s Orakzai tribal agency. "And they were former members of the TTP, complete with their leadership, who wholesale joined Islamic State, pledged bayt (allegiance) to Islamic State and joined them earlier this year," Gen. Nicholson added. This comes as the local officials in Nanagarhar made a similar remark regarding the terror group’s loyalists in Afghanistan earlier last month. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani has said the documents obtained from the dead bodies and those incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! during the operations in Achin, Kot, Haska Mina and other parts of Nangarhar, reveal that they are originally residents of Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... Khogyani further added that the intelligence information gathered by the government also reveal that the ISIS loyalists are mostly comprised of Pak nationals. According to Khogyani, the residents of Tajikistan are also fighting alongside the Pak nationals for ISIS terrorist group who are mainly deployed after completing training in Pakistain. The Afghan forces as well as the US forces in Afghanistan have increased raids against the loyalists of the terror group in Nangarhar during the recent months. Both the Afghan and US forces conduct regular |
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