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Afghanistan
ISIS leaders among 8 killed in Afghan forces operations in Nangarhar
2017-04-28
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eight turbans 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) were killed during the operations of the Afghan cops 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.

The provincial police commandment said the operations were conducted in the past 24 hours with the support of the Air Force.

The turbans were targeted in the vicinity of Pekha area of Achin district which is home to ISIS-K holy warriors.

According to the police commandment, the two ISIS leaders killed during the operations have been identified as Abuzar and Amjad.

Several weapons, ammunition, and other military kits belonging to the holy warriors were also destroyed during the operation.

The Afghan cops and the local residents did not suffer any casualties during the operations, the police commandment added.

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