...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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) 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 amid ongoing operations against the terror group in this province.
The provincial government media office said the
s were carried out in the vicinity of Haska Mina district, leaving at least six Lions of Islam dead.According to a statement released by the provincial government, the US forces unmanned aerial vehicles targeted key ISIS-K compounds in Gorgori and Chongi area of the district.
In the meantime, the Afghan forces conducted an operation in Pira Khel area of Khogyani district and confiscated four rockets, one Dshk heavy machine gun, a communication device set, one magnetic bomb, and some munitions and explosives.
The Afghan forces also discovered and defused an improvised bomb planted by the Lions of Islam in Bati Kot district, the provincial government said.
This comes as the provincial government had earlier said that a shootout
has taken place among the local public uprising forces and Lions of Islam affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.The provincial government media office in a statement said the clash erupted after the local public uprising forces stormed into the hideouts of the terror group in Morchal area.
The statement further added that the clash left at least eight ISIS-K Lions of Islam dead while three others were tossed in the clink
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
At least two public uprising forces were also killed during the clash and two others sustained injuries, the provincial government added in its statement.