...Arabic for students...
gunnies killed and further two maimed after bearing heavy retaliation by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) 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, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Thursday.
According to the statement, the Taliban initially carried an attack against the forces, but faced heavy retaliation.
"16 #Taliban were killed and 2 others were maimed in Shirzad district of Ningarhar province, yesterday," said the MoD in a tweet. "They were attacking #ANDSF positions when they were targeted by ANA."
Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
in a separate news from Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
, at least four Taliban krazed killer killed and further seven injured during festivities with Afghan forces.
"4 #Taliban were killed and 7 others were maimed in Gosfandi district of Sarpul province by #ANA last night," the tweet added.
Taliban did not immediately comment on the incident.