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Afghanistan
ISIS militants kill 9 of their own comrades in Nangarhar province
2018-05-13
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five turbans 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 were killed by their own comrades 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 provincial government media office in a statement said the turbans were killed during infighting in the restive Achin district.

In the meantime, the provincial government said at least fifteen ISIS turbans were killed during the operations in Haska Mina district.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted in the vicinity of Kham Miran area during the operations involving Arclight airstrike.

According to the provincial government, the operations were launched shortly after the ISIS turbans launched a coordinated attack on the security posts.

The anti-government armed turbans and terrorist groups including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.

Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces until recent years as fewer terrorist related incidents were reported from the province since the fall of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
regime.

Posted by:Fred

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