...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), operatives have busted an urban network of 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in Jalabad city, the quiet provincial capital of 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.
Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani told news hounds that five ISIS-K holy warriors were also tossed in the clink
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
during the operation.
He said the terror group was using the network to carry out assassinations of the government staff besides planting explosives, smuggling arms, and conducting other terrorist related activities.
Khogyani further added that the NDS Special Forces also confiscated 21 various types of weapons during separate operations conducted in Surkh Rod district.
He also added that the ISIS hideouts which were used to coordinate attacks in Jalalabad city and Rodat district during the Eid days have also been destroyed during the
s.The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed that the detained individuals have confessed to their crimes.
The detained individuals have told the security forces that they were trained by the foreigners including Pak holy warriors before they were deployed to Jalalabad city for the attacks.