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Afghanistan
Key ‘Al Qaeda Commander’ Killed in Farah Province
2020-11-12
[KhaamaPress] Mohammad Hanif Alias Abdullah, a leader of al-Qaeda for the Indian sub-continent was killed in a special operation by the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS).

According to the released statement, the bully boy leader was killed in the Bakwa district of Farah province.

Hanif was a Pak national and a very close aide to Asim Omer, He was reportedly given shelter and protection by the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
The statement noted, Hanif had also remained a deputy to so-called Amir AQIS for a period of time, he had a membership of the Taliban group after 2010 Hanif joined the al-Qaeda network.He had entered Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province with the direct support of the Taliban, furthermore, he was moved with the ’group’s cooperation to Farah province’, the statement reads.

As he had close ties with the Taliban, it is reported that he trained and assisted the Talibs in creating explosives, boom-mobiles, and IEDs.

Two female Pak nationals were also detained during the operation.
Related:
Bakwa district: 2019-08-07 AAF Airstrike targets Taliban vehicles in Farah leaving at least 10 dead
Bakwa district: 2019-05-07 Afghan Forces Reportedly Suffer Casualties In Farah Clash
Bakwa district: 2019-04-29 Dozens of Taliban killed in latest airstrikes, Special Forces operations
Related:
Farah: 2020-11-11 Taliban Prisoners Have Returned to Battlefields: Govt
Farah: 2020-11-11 Security Officials Avoid Booby Trap Targeted Residence in Kabul
Farah: 2020-11-10 Officials Foil ‘Several Attacks’ in Uruzgan Province, 10 TBs toes up
Related:
Al-Qaeda in the Indian sub-continent: 2016-06-06 Have militants changed modus operandi?
Related:
Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent: 2017-12-06 Senior al-Qaeda Member Killed In Joint Military Operation
Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent: 2016-08-10 Was Kashmir’s Burhan Wani an al-Qaeda operative?
Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent: 2016-04-23 Pakistan arrests al Qaeda operative named in U.N. sanctions list
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  How snuffed Mohammads does that make for the week? I'm having trouble keeping up.
Posted by: jpal   2020-11-12 18:10  

#1  Oh, yeah, that definitely calls for a drink!
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-12 18:08  

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