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Afghanistan
US drone strike kills 5 ISIS militants in East of Afghanistan
2018-03-09
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five holy warriors 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 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 police commandment issued statement earlier today confirming that the airstrike was carried out by the US forces using unmanned aerial vehicle.

The statement further added that the holy warriors were targeted in Landi area in Mamand Dara of Achin district.

According to the Nangarhar police commandment, another ISIS krazed killer was also maimed and some weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the airstrike.

The airstrike did not incur any loss to the local residents as well as the security personnel conducting operations on the ground, the statement said.

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