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Afghanistan
Deadly clash erupt among uprising forces and ISIS-K in East of Afghanistan
2018-06-26
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A shootout
has taken place among the local public uprising forces and snuffies 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) 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 incident took place late on Sunday night in the vicinity of Nazian district, leaving several people dead from the two sides.

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 snuffies dead while three others were tossed in the slammer
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
.

At least two public uprising forces were also killed during the clash and two others sustained injuries, the provincial government added in its statement.

According to the governor’s office, the maimed public uprising forces are under treatment and their condition has been reported as satisfactory.

The anti-government armed myrmidon groups including ISIS Khurasan snuffies have not commented regarding the report so far.

This is not the first time the public uprising forces and the ISIS snuffies are engaging each other but numerous such incidents have taken place in the past as well.

Posted by:Fred

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