...KABOOM!...
s in Ghazni, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
and Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for
Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours killing at least 19 Talibs.
The military officials said Tuesday an airstrike in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province killed one krazed killer of Taliban
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students...
group.
The officials further added that three airstrikes in southern Helmand proivnce killed 7 murderous Moslems of Taliban.
The security forces conducted the airstrikes in Marjah and Lashkar Gah districts and Nawah-Ye Barekzai of Helmand province, the officials added.
Another airstrike in Alingar district of Laghman province killed 8 Talibs, the officials said, adding that a similar air raid killed 3 Talibs in Alisheng district of the province.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the airstrikes so far.