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Afghanistan
500 Pakistanis including ISI officers blown up in mammoth Afghan bombing by US
2017-04-17
Interesting. D'you suppose this is true, dear Reader? That seems rather a lot of Pakistanis.
[ONEINDIA] At least 500 Pak nationals have been killed in the US bombing that took place at 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 in Afghanistan. The area that was targetted was controlled by 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....
 and protected by the Pakistain army, sources say.

The operation that was jointly coordinated by the 201 Selab Corps of the Afghanistan army targeted the caves and tunnels that were used as hiding places by the IS.

It is now clear that the Pakistain army was backing these IS operatives in Afghanistan, official sources also confirmed.

Indian agencies who are coordinating withe counterparts in Afghanistan have learnt that there are no civilians living in the area. There were a large number of stooges of the Inter-Services intelligence who have been protecting the IS operatives in this area. The US action comes at a time when there was a huge build-up of IS forces in Afghanistan.

Indian agencies say that the Pakistain army and the ISI were nurturing these operatives. The entire area that was bombed was under the control of the ISI officials backing the IS, sources also said. The impact of the bomb was so huge that it blew up at least 500 Paks and an equal number of IS operatives.
Posted by:Fred

#6  (cue Dr. Evil Voice)
... ONE MILLION PAKISTANIS!
Posted by: SteveS   2017-04-17 12:17  

#5  500 Pakistanis? So, a busload of them?
Posted by: Whort Brown4547   2017-04-17 10:38  

#4  I imagine NTSB has some methodology for reassembling parts to get a body count.

How do you count stains?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-17 10:13  

#3  Indian wet dreams. That said, no doubt a few Pak intel/military died in the airstrike.
Posted by: Whirong Chineque7205   2017-04-17 00:51  

#2  Maybe bigger IS better
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-17 00:44  

#1  This article is written by Vicky Nanjappa. I went to all of his most recent articles and during the past few days his reports indicated 36, then around 90, and now this one that says close to a thousand.

In his report that claimed 36 killed, he indicated that the US intelligence bombed the location because IS was setting up a major module at that location. In his report that revised the number to 90 he named some of the casualties, the means in which family members were notified, and names of their family members.

He seems very confident in his sources and does seem to follow up for confirmation. Other stories he has done in that region also seem non-sensational and matter of fact.

Therefore my assessment Fred of this article is the MOAB may have taken out a thousand death eaters at that base.
Posted by: Unavilet McGurque5308   2017-04-17 00:27  

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