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..
have reported the liquidation of Asad Afridi, a prominent commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for
students...
Pakistain (TTP), in an aerial attack conducted by Pak forces within the province.
Pakistan, you say? Fascinating!
Sources revealed to Hasht-e Subh on Saturday, August 19, that the 
...KABOOM!...
occurred around 9:00 AM last Thursday in the Rina Parchaw area of Lalpoor district in Nangarhar, near the Durand border.
The sources further confirmed that Asad Afridi’s guards were also among the casualties of this attack.
Both the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain and the Pak government have yet to issue statements regarding this incident.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
Pak media outlets have corroborated this development.
Rina Parchaw is situated in the vicinity of the Durand border and remains an active area for TTP fighters.
This incident follows another airstrike by Pak forces in the Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
approximately six days ago.