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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan forces recapture Tora Bora in Nangarhar |
| 2017-06-18 |
| [Iran Press TV] Afghan forces have managed to retake Tora Bora from the ISIS Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist group, two days after the Lions of Islam seized the key mountainous region along the border with Pakistain. Acting Afghan Defense Minister General Tariq Shah Bahrami said on Saturday that the Afghan military had recaptured the area in the eastern province of 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.. after fierce festivities with ISIS in cave and tunnel complexes. The hard boyz had taken control of Tora Bora on Thursday, after days of fighting with rival Talibs. The area has been a major stronghold of Taliban ...Arabic for students... and has been used by Lions of Islam to transfer weapons and arms across the border with Pakistain. Bahrami said during the army operation to retake Tora Bora some 22 ISIS Lions of Islam were killed, adding that 10 others were also maimed in the clearance mission. He would not elaborate on potential military casualties. ISIS, a group mainly based in Iraq and Syria, has gained a foothold in eastern Afghan territories mainly due to a lack of security and growing infighting between Taliban factions. The group has sought to establish a branch under the title of Khorasan province in the Afghan territories. It has carried out several high-profile attacks on civilians and security forces, including a recent bombing in the diplomatic zone of the Afghan capital, Kabul, which killed more than 150 people. |
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