leaders hailing from Pakistain killed in NangarharThe 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..
Two senior commanders of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during an operation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) Special Forces.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the two top Haqqani leaders were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
The statement further added that the operation was conducted in Nasafi village of Lalpur district.
The two senior Haqqani commanders have been identified as Omran Khan also famous as Dr. Zakria and Shaheen who are originally hailing from Pakistain.
According to MoI, the two senior commanders were having a key role in organizing terrorist attacks, specifically coordinated suicide kabooms.
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during the operation and at least 11 hand grenades along with some weapons were confiscated, MoI said, adding that the two Lions of Islam were identified as Sarbuland and Zia-ur-Rehman.