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Afghanistan
Afghan official: ISIS moves to seize Osama bin Laden's hideout
2017-06-15
[Ynet] ISIS fighters captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of the late Osama bin Laden
... who was laid out deader than a mackerel, right next to the mackerel...
in Afghanistan's 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..
province, officials said Wednesday. The push and capture of the giant cave complex that once housed the late al-Qaeda chief would be a major scoop for ISIS in its increasingly deadly rivalry with the Afghan Taliban
...Arabic for students...
. The caves had until now been under Taliban control.

Attahullah Khogyani, a front man in Nangarhar, said IS attacks in the mountain range began late on Tuesday night. Clashes continued into the day, with ISIS bully boyz battling the Taliban and some local villagers in the area.

By Wednesday, ISIS had managed to seize some territory around Tora Bora--but not the bin Laden hideout itself, Khogyani said, adding that there were unspecified casualties on both sides. There has been no comment from ISIS or the Taliban so far.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Mine the caves.
Posted by: gorb   2017-06-15 20:09  

#3  Cave complex? Overpressure tenderizer
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-15 08:37  

#2  Don't startle them. Let them cluster first.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-15 08:27  

#1  Are the Target Folders finished ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-15 07:33  

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