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Afghanistan
Three militants including their commander mysteriously killed in Nangarhar
2017-09-09
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three bandidos Lions of Islam including their commander were mysteriously killed 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 local security officials said Thursday.

The incident took place late on Wednesday night in the vicinity of Shirzad district of Nangarhar.

The provincial police commandment in a statement confirmed the incident and said the bandidos Lions of Islam were killed in Hashim Khel area of the district.

The statement further added that a local leader of the bandidos Lions of Islam was among those killed.

It is yet not clear to which group or movement the bandidos Lions of Islam belong to but Lions of Islam loyal to Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and ISIS are active in some of the remote districts of Nangarhar province.

Posted by:Fred

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