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Afghanistan
6 ISIS-K militants killed in US drone strikes in Nangarhar
2018-06-09
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least six 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 Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed in US 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 in the East said the Lions of Islam were killed on Friday in the vicinity of Deh Bala district.

The source further added that the US forces carried out Arclight airstrikes on ISIS hideouts using unmanned aerial vehicles, leaving at least six Lions of Islam dead.

According to Silab Corps, at least two hideouts of the terror group were also destroyed during the airstrikes.

In the meantime, Silab Corps says several villages have been cleared of ISIS Lions of Islam during the ongoing operations against the terror group in Deh Bala.

Posted by:Fred

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