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| Afghan forces confiscated 21 rockets in Nangarhar province |
| 2018-03-05 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan national defense and security forces have confiscated at least 21 rockets during an operation 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 office in a statement said the rockets were seized during operation in Khogyani district. The statement further added that the rockets were found during the operation in Pera Khel area and were subsequently defused before the holy warriors manage to use them for the attacks. In another operation, the Afghan forces discovered and defused an improvised bomb planted by the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... faceless myrmidons in Mal Bazaar area of Bati Kot district. The Afghan forces are also busy conducting clearance operations in Goshta district and as a result dozens of villages have been cleared of the holy warriors so far, according to the provincial government. |
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