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Afghanistan
Key ISIS leaders killed during clashes in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
2017-08-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Two key leaders 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 (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed during the festivities with the security forces 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 incident took place late on Monday night in the vicinity of Haska Mina district after a group of snuffies launched an attack on the security posts and local houses.

The statement further added that one of the ISIS leaders killed during the clash has been identified as Khushal also famous as Hadi who was the military chief of a group of at least twenty ISIS snuffies in the area.

The other ISIS leader killed during the festivities has been identified as Israyel, the police commandment said, adding that four others were also maimed during the festivities.

According to the police commandment, the ISIS snuffies have also set on fire two houses of the local residents but no casualties were inflicted to the residents and security personnel.

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