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Afghanistan
Airstrikes kill Taliban’s newly-appointed shadow intelligence chief for Sangin of Helmand
2019-03-26
[KhaamaPress] The newly-appointed shadow intelligence chief of Taliban
...Arabic for students...
for Sangin district has been killed durig the Arclight airstrikes conducted by security forces on Monday, the provincial government said.

According to a statement released by media office of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
government, the airstrike was carried out in Sharafat Bazar area of Sangin targeting a compound of Taliban.

The statement further added that the newly-appointed shadow intelligence chief of Taliban Jahadyar was killed along with 5 others in the airstrike.

A military source also confirmed "Airstrikes in Sangin district of Helmand province killed Taliban fighters today. More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed in Helmand in the last week."

The anti-government armed holy warriors including Taliban have not commented regarding the killing of Jahadyar so far.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Like the old Steven Wright joke: "Psychic Network files for bankruptcy. Didn't they see that coming?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-03-26 16:44  

#2  He was their intelligence chief and he didn't know he was going to be killed. Well, don't worry, Jahadyar, our "intelligence chiefs" aren't any better...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-03-26 16:43  

#1  Newly appointed Taliban leadership has such a high death rate. It's almost like the older guard clues in the US whom and where they are.
Posted by: 3dc   2019-03-26 15:28  

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