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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban suffer casualties as new joint operations kick off in Nangarhrar |
| 2018-05-13 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five Talibs were killed and seven others were maimed during the latest operations jointly launched by the national security and defense forces 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. The provincial government media office said the operations are being conducted in the vicinity of the restive Bati Kot district and as a result at least twelve have been killed or maimed so far during the operations in the past twenty four hours. The governor’s office in Nangarhar in a statement said at least five bully boyz have been killed so far and at least seven others have sustained injuries. The statement further added that security forces from the army, border police, national police, national intelligence directorate, and public uprising forces have taken part in the operations. According to the governor’s office, the Afghan armed forces also provide indirect artillery support along with the foreign forces who are providing close air support during the operations. The Afghan forces have also discovered and defused an improvised bomb during the operations, the statement added. In the meantime, the local officials are saying that at least three Talibs were killed during a separate clash in Momandara district after they attempted to attack the security posts. |
| Posted by:Fred |