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Afghanistan
5 ISIS sympathizers killed during a clash with Afghan Special Forces in Nangarhar
2019-04-27
[KhaamaPress] At least five sympathizers of 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....
terror group were killed during a clash with the Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence 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.

Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani said the Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) conducted an operation in Momandara district of Nangarhar late on Wednesday night.

Khogyani further added that the NDS Special Forces were looking to arrest a group of ISIS sympathizers when they came under fire during the operation.

According to Khogyani, at least five ISIS sympathizers were killed during the clash and some of their weapons and munitions were destroyed.

The anti-government armed Lions of Islam including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the operation so far.
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