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Afghanistan
5 ISIS loyalists killed, 5 wounded in separate drone strikes in Nangarhar
2017-02-03
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five 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 and five others were maimed in two separate dronezaps 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.

The provincial police commandment in a statement said the two Arclight airstrikes were conducted by the foreign forces on Wednesday morning.

The statement further added that the first group of the gunnies were targeted in Haska Mina district, leaving at least 4 gunnies dead and three others maimed.

The Arclight airstrike was carried out around 9 am local time in Gorgori area of Haska Mina, the statement said, adding that the second group was targeted around 11:00 am in Achin district.

According to the police commandment, the big shot of ISIS loyalists Shahid Omar was killed and two others were maimed.

The anti-government armed hard boy groups including the ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the reports so far.

Both the Afghan and US forces conducted regular strikes against the loyalists of the terror group in this province.

The increased raids, usually involving dronezaps, by the US forces followed a broader role granted by the B.O. regime earlier last year.

Posted by:Fred

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