...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) said in a statement on Tuesday.
In addition, 27 other members of the group were incarcerated
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in the military operations.
Khetab was the second big shot of al-Qaeda after Asim Omar, the leader of the group in Indian Peninsula, according to the statement.
"Qasim, Hassan Hamza, Jonaid and Mustafa, military head of al-Qaeda, three Punjabi Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and two local Taliban fighters were among those killed in the military operations," the statement said. "These members of al-Qaeda were directly involved in fighting against the government and foreign troops."
"The members also had a role in advising in the use of heavy weapons like rockets, mortars and training for Taliban’s night attacks," the statement added.
The Resolute Support in a statement sent to TOLOnews on Tuesday confirmed the death of Omar Khetab, a senior al-Qaeda leader as well as other al-Qaeda gunnies in military operations carried out in Ghazni, Paktia and Zabul provinces.
According to the statement, Khetab was the second senior commander for al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent and was directly involved in fighting against Afghan and foreign forces.
"This operation is a testament to the real growth the Afghan forces have achieved over the past year," said General John Nicholson, US Forces-Afghanistan commander. "It is also another example of the lethality of the undefeated Afghan Special Forces and the success of working side by side with our Afghan partners."
According to Resolute Support, in a separate operation, the Taliban's "Red Unit" commander in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, Mullah Shah Wali, aka Haji Nasir, was killed in a kinetic strike in Musa Qalah, Helmand, Dec. 1. One of Wali's deputy commanders and three other gunnies were also killed in the strike.
Wali and his "Red Unit" are responsible for planning numerous suicide kabooms, IED attacks, and coordinated assaults against civilians, Afghan and coalition forces. Wali was directly responsible for coordinating operations and resupply of munitions, explosives, and materials for the Taliban throughout Helmand province.
"Mullah Shah Wali's death will disrupt the Taliban network, degrade their narcotics trafficking, and hinder their ability to conduct attacks against Afghan forces," Nicholson said. "USFOR-A and our Afghan partners will continue to aggressively target Taliban leaders to destroy their drug network, disrupt their communications, and deny them safe haven."
The Taliban in Helmand province are responsible for poppy cultivation and opium trade that funds their activities.
Taliban loses more senior leaders after Red Unit leader’s death in Helmand
[KhaamaPress] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group has lost two more senior local leaders in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province of Afghanistan after the killing of the commander of the Red Unit of the group.
The provincial government media office in Helmand in a statement said at least nine Taliban Death Eaters including two senior local leaders of the group were killed during the separate operations in Musa Qala and Greshk districts.
The statement further added that five Taliban Death Eaters including the shadow district governor of the group Daud Ulfat were killed in an
on Greshk-Musa Qala highway.The Death Eaters were targeted as they were travelling on the highway, the provincial government added.
According to the local officials, in a separate airstrike in Bidka area of Musala Qala, at least four Taliban Death Eaters including a big shot of the group identified as Haqmal were killed.
The anti-government armed bad boy groups including the Taliban Death Eaters have not commented regarding the report so far.