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Afghanistan
24 ISIS militants killed during various operations in East of Afghanistan
2017-04-09
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least twenty four bandidos turbans affiliated with 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 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 bandidos turbans were killed in the restive Achin and Haska Mina districts.

The statement further added at least nine of the bandidos turbans were killed during an operation conducted by the Special Forces in the vicinity of Mazdaki area of Achin.

At least eight others were killed after they were targeted in an Arclight airstrikes in Batan and Shadal areas of Achin.

The police commandment also added that an Arclight airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Gorgori area of Haska Mina district which left at least seven bandidos turbans dead.

Some weapons, ammunition, and explosives belonging to the terror group were also destroyed, the statement said, adding that the security forces and the local residents did not suffer any casualties during the ground attacks and Arclight airstrikes.

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

Posted by:Fred

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