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Afghanistan
Airstrikes pound ISIS positions in two districts of Nangarhar province
2019-06-20
[KhaamaPress] The security forces carried out two separate Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in 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 killing at least 5 ISIS Death Eaters.

The informed military sources said Wednesday that airstrikes in Khugyani district killed 2 ISIS Death Eaters.

The sources further added that the security forces conducted similar airstrikes in Pachir Wa Agam district killing 3 ISIS Death Eaters.

This comes as the security situation in some districts of Nangarhar has tanked during the recent years.

Both Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and ISIS Lions of Islam are active in some districts of the province and often conduct terrorist related activities.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck slipped the habañero into the roasted jalapeño...
the Afghan forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations against the anti-government gangs in this province.

The U.S. forces also conduct regular airstrikes in restive parts of the country to suppress Taliban and other anti-government Death Eaters.
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