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Afghanistan
US airstrike inflict casualties to foreign ISIS militants in East of Afghanistan
2017-09-21
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four turbans four 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 (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an Arclight airstrike 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 government media office in a statement said the Arclight airstrike was carried in the past twenty four hours in Haska Mina district.

The statement further added that the US unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the turbans of the terror group in Manogi area.

At least two turbans were killed and two others were maimed in the Arclight airstrike, the statement said.

The provincial government also added that some heavy and light weapons belonging to the terror group were also destroyed in the Arclight airstrike.

The US forces based in Afghanistan conduct Arclight airstrikes almost on regular basis in Nangarhar province where the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
murderous Moslems, ISIS loyalist, and gunnies from the other groups are attempting to expand their foothold.

At least two members of the Pakistain-based Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
group were killed in a similar Arclight airstrike in Nangarhar province on Monday.
Posted by:Fred

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