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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.
Afghan commandos were successful to capture the Taliban’s command and control center during an operation conducted in Hesarak district in eastern Nangarhar, the statement read.
Taliban used this center to control "terrorist activities" in eastern zones of Afghanistan specifically in Nangarhar province, MoD stated.
According to MoD, Afghan commandos also seized weapons, ammunition, and some amount of Hashish (Drug) belonging to the Taliban.
Nangarhar province is one of the insecure regions located in eastern Afghanistan, besides Taliban other holy warrior groups like ISIS are also active in some parts of the area.
This comes as the Ministry of Defense stated that 20 Taliban fighters were killed and two others were maimed in Shahwali Kot and Arghandab districts of Kandahar.
Afghan national defense and security forces also seized one vehicle, eight cycle of violence
s, and five various types of weapons during the operation, the Ministry of Defense stated.MoD added, that 32 mines planted and placed by the Taliban were also discovered and defused.
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