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Afghanistan
8 killed as airstrikes, artillery fire pound ISIS-K hideouts in East of Afghanistan
2017-04-24
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A series of Arclight airstrikes and artillery fire pounded the hideouts 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 Khurasan (ISIS-K) hideouts 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 security sources said Sunday.

The operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in the vicinity of Tangi Mamand area in the restive Achin district, the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army said.

The source further added that at least eight bully boyz belonging to the terrorist group were eliminated during the operations and their dead bodies were left in the area.

This come as the local officials said Saturday at least 28 ISIS-K faceless myrmidons were killed in a series of Arclight airstrikes conducted in Haska Mina and Achin districts since Friday.

Posted by:Fred

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