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Afghanistan
4 ISIS militants hailing from Pakistani and Tajikistan killed in Nangarhar
2017-01-21
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Four foreign 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 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 an Arclight airstrike 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.

According to the local security officials, the holy warriors were killed in a dronezap conducted by the foreign forces.

The officials further added that the Arclight airstrike was carried out in Achin district, leaving 2 Pak and 2 Tajik loyalists of the terror group dead.

The officials said the two Pak holy warriors are hailing from the 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...
and the Arclight airstrike did not incur any casualties to the local residents or security forces.

The anti-government armed myrmidon groups including the loyalists of the terror group have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as the local officials earlier said that the loyalists of the ISIS terrorist group are mostly comprised of the Orakzai Agency residents.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani said last year that documents obtained from the dead bodies and those tossed in the slammer
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.

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.

Posted by:Fred

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