s in NangarharThe 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..
, Laghman
...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men.
, Ghazni, and Uruzgan province.
The informed military sources said Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Gandomak area of Nangarhar province killing 11 Taliban
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fighters and destroying 400 pounds of hashish.
The sources further added that the Afghan Special Forces conducted a similar raid in Achin district of Nangarhar killing 35 Taliban fighters and destroying 7 IEDs.
However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the 201st Silab Corps in a statement said 35 ISIS Khurasan Death Eaters have been killed in Achin operations.
At least 11 Taliban fighters including one of their commanders were killed during the airstrikes in Mehtar Lam district of Laghman province, the sources said adding that Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Bashi village of Ghani province killing 1 Taliban fighter.
The sources also added that 14 Talibs were killed during the airstrikes which were conducted in Tarin Kot city, the scenic provincial capital of Uruzgan province.
The anti-government armed Death Eater groups including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations so far.