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Afghanistan
US drone strike kill ISIS commander with 4 militants in Nangahrar
2018-05-14
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five hard boyz 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 a US dronezap 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.

According to the local authorities, the latest Arclight airstrike was carried out using unmanned aerial vehicles, in the vicinity of Haska Mina district.

The authorities are saying that a commander of the terror is also among those killed in the airstrike.

The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed that an airstrike in Nari Oba area of Haska Mina left at least five ISIS hard boyz dead.

The statement further added that a similar airstrike in Ali Khel area of Pacher Agam also left a ISIS Lion of Islam dead.

This come as counter-terrorism operations are underway in some restive parts of Nangarhar province against ISIS, Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
, and other Lion of Islams.

Posted by:Fred

#3  *correction* Would = Wouldn't
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-05-14 21:02  

#2  At this time CCR, drones would be a good idea for intel gathering on the narcos. Would strike without a partnership with their government.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-05-14 21:01  

#1  Should USA consider drone strikes against the drug cartel in Mexico?
Posted by: CC Reader   2018-05-14 10:07  

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