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Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence agency reports killing of scores of Al Qaeda figures
2017-12-06
[DAWN] Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), on Tuesday said that scores of Al Qaeda figures, including big shot Omar Khetab, have been killed in joint operations with coalition forces in the country's eastern and southern provinces.

In a statement, the NDS said that about 80 bad boyz were potted and 27 others placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
in the operations, which also destroyed five Al Qaeda bases in the southern province of Zabul, as well as eastern Ghazni and Paktia provinces.

The statement describes Khetab as the second in command for Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, which seeks to fight the governments of Pakistain, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The NDS statement made no mention of when the operations took place.

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