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Afghanistan
Nine suspected militants killed in drone strike near Pak-Afghan border
2015-02-12
[DAWN] At least nine suspected gunnies were killed and scores of others injured Wednesday in a drone strike in the Nazyan area of Afghanistan's 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.

Official sources told Dawn that the drone fired two missiles on a compound in the Nazyan area of Nangarhar near the Pak-Afghan border, leaving nine suspected gunnies dead and several others injured.

According to security officials, gunnies based in the Nazyan district had planned the devastating attack on the Army Public School in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, which left over 150 people dead, including more than 130 schoolchildren.

Posted by:Fred

#1  North-West Frontier Province? Kefiristan?
Posted by: BigEdLB   2015-02-12 17:58  

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