[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan cops rescued at least 26 civilians kidnapped by the loyalists of 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) terrorist group 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.
The provincial commandment in a police statement said the civilians were being kept in Haska Mina and Kot districts.
The statement further added that the civilians were kidnapped long ago by the bully boyz and were rescued during the Shaheen-25 operations.
At least four key members of the terror group were also nabbed
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during a separate operation conducted in Kot district, the statement said, adding that five bully boyz of the group were also killed during the air and ground operations.
The police commandment said a heavy machine gun, Dshk, was also destroyed during the operations.
According to the local security officials, the security forces and local residents did not suffer any casualties during the operations.
Nangarahr is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups are actively operating in some of its remote districts.
The Afghan cops launched the Shaheen-25 clearance operation against ISIS loyalist nearly three weeks with the local officials saying the operations are being conducted with the support of the US forces who are providing air support to the ground forces.