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| Hesarak of Nangarhar Cleared of Taliban Insurgents |
| 2014-08-06 |
| [Tolo News] 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.. 's district of Hesarak has been cleared of hard boyz where more than 150 hard boyz have been killed and 28 others injured in the past three days, said Hesarak's police chief on Tuesday. Fazl Ahmad Sherzad, provincial police chief, added that five other hard boyz were placed in durance vile Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! during the operation. The operation was launched three days ago by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and ended early Tuesday. More than 1,000 hard boyz attacked the district Friday night and began festivities with the ANSF, Sherzad explained. He added that there were neither civilian nor ANSF casualties during the operation. According to security officials, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) air forces supported the Afghan troops in the operation. |
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