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| Taliban shadow governor among 21 killed in counter-terrorism operations |
| 2017-02-27 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A shadow provincial governor of the Taliban group was killed along with at least 20 others during the counter-terrorism operations, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Sunday. According to a statement by MoD, at least twenty three holy warriors were also maimed during the same operations. The statement further added that the operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in 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.. , Kapisa, Paktia, Ghazni, Pashtun-infested Logar, Khost, Bamyan, Uruzgan, Zabul, Baghlan, and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces. The Taliban shadow governor killed during the operations was in charge of the group for southern Uruzgan province, MoD said, adding that he was identified as Sheikh Hamza. The ministry also confirmed the death of a top Taliban leader Haji Abdullah whose elimination as confirmed by the provincial government in Bamyan. According to MoD, the operations were jointly conducted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in coordination with the Afghan Air Force and the artillery units of the Afghan national army. This comes as the Afghan cops are busy conducting their counter-terrorism operations as part of the Shahfaq-2 military operations being conducted to suppress the insurgency activities of the krazed killer groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It most definitely ought to, Frank G. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-27 15:48 |
| #1 When a "Shadow Governorâ„¢" gets killed, does that make him a "Smudge"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-27 08:49 |