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Afghanistan
23 militants killed in separate US drone strikes in Afghanistan
2018-01-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least twenty three gunnies affiliated with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group and other bad boy groups were killed in separate dronezaps in 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 of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan military said Tuesday that the latest Arclight airstrikes were carried out in Achin and Shirzad districts.

A statement by the Silab Corps said the US unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the hideout of the gunnies in Marki area of Sherzad district on Monday, leaving two gunnies dead.

The statement further added that the holy warriors killed during the air raid have been identified as Osman and Abbas and a vehicle, a PKM machine gun, an rocket launcher and an Ak-47 rifle were also destroyed.

In another airstrike carried out in the vicinity of Mamand Daga area of Achin district, at least twenty one IS holy warriors were killed, the statement added.

According to the Silab Corps of the Afghan military, the local residents and security personnel have not suffered casualties in the airstrikes.

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