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Afghanistan
US drones target ISIS gathering in East of Afghanistan
2018-01-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US unmanned aerial vehicles on Sunday targeted a gathering of the Lions of Islam 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 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.

According to the officials of the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan army, the Arclight airstrikes were carried out in the vicinity of Deh Bala district.

The officials further added that several Lions of Islam of the terror group had gathered in meeting when the US drones targeted them, leaving at least ten Lions of Islam dead.

The Silab Corps officials also added that eight foreign Lions of Islam were among those killed in the airstrikes.

In the meantime, the Afghan forces also conducted an operation in Ghani Khel district during which at least ten Death Eaters were killed and two others were detained, the officials added.

Militants belonging to the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group are mostly operating in the vicinity of Ghani Khel district while both Taliban and ISIS Death Eaters are operating in Deh Bala district.

This comes as the air and ground operations are underway against both the groups in the restive parts of Nangarhar province in a bid to suppress the Death Eaters from their attempt to expand foothold in this province.

Posted by:Fred

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