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Afghanistan
18 ISIS killed as clearance operations continue in East of Afghanistan
2017-02-24
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eighteen 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 during the ongoing clearance operations 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 local security officials are saying that the turbans were killed in the past 24 hours in Haska Mina and Nazian districts.

At least two ISIS loyalists were also maimed during the operations and several weapons, ammunition, and explosives were destroyed.

At least 12 of the loyalists of the terror group were killed in air and ground operations in Gargari area of Haska Mina district and two others were maimed.

The Afghan cops also confiscated 31 Improvised Explosive Device during the operations in Haska Mina.

According to the local officials, at least six others were killed in an Arclight airstrike targeting the loyalists of the terror group in Baru Khola Khona village.

The turbans killed in the two districts are all foreigners, the officials said but did not elaborate regarding their identity.
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