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Afghanistan
Haqqani network and ISIS militants among 53 killed in airstrikes
2017-05-01
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least fifty three Lions of Islam including the members of Haqqani terrorist network and 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 fighters were killed during a series of Arclight airstrikes.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Arclight airstrikes were carried out in the past 24 hours in various provinces of the country.

At least 19 of the bully boys, all ISIS affiliates, were killed in an Arclight airstrike conducted in Achin district of 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 and at least hideouts, 2 tunnels, and weapons cache were destroyed, MoD said.

The ministry further added that 4 Lions of Islam belonging to Haqqani terrorist network were killed in a separate Arclight airstrike conducted in Achin district.

At least 7 Lions of Islam were killed in another Arclight airstrike conducted in Khwajah Bahauddin district of Takhar province and 11 others were maimed, MoD said, adding that 10 Lions of Islam were killed and 4 others were maimed in a similar operation in Pashtun Kot district of Faryab.

According to MoD, at least 8 Lions of Islam were killed and 3 hideouts were destroyed in an Arclight airstrike in Gul Tapa area located in the vicinity of the quiet provincial capital of Kunduz province.

The Ministry of Defense also added that 5 Haqqani network Lions of Islam were killed in a separate Arclight airstrike conducted in central Maidan Wardak province.

Posted by:Fred

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