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| Heavy clashes continue in Hesarak district of Nangarhar province |
| 2016-08-21 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Heavy festivities continued for the third day 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 as the Talibs launched a coordinated attack to take control of the district. The festivities in Hesarak on Saturday came as the group took control of the key Khanabad district in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. Local officials in Nangarhar claim around 40 Taliban bully boyz were killed and dozens of others were maimed during the festivities. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogayani said the murderous Moslems were killed in the The Talibs group in the meantime claim they have taken control of Hesarak district but the local officials deny the Taliban claims as baseless. On the other officials in the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan have said additional forces have been deployed in the area to repulse the Taliban attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |