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Afghanistan
Several ISIS militants killed in latest US drone strikes in East of Afghanistan
2018-01-15
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Several turbans affiliated with 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 the latest Arclight airstrikes conducted by the US 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.

Officials in Nangarhar police commandment said the US forces carried out airstrikes in two districts using unmanned aerial vehicles, leaving at least 17 IS turbans dead.

The officials further added that 14 turbans were killed in Haska Mina district while another three were killed in Achin district.

However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan army said at least eight turbans were killed in Deh Bala district in a US forces airstrikes and another holy warrior was killed in Achin district.

According to the Silab Corps officials, a compound of the terror group was also eliminated during the airstrikes.

Posted by:Fred

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