...the Pashtun equivalent of men...bully boys, including Pak fighters, have been killed and four others maimed in festivities between Afghan forces and the Taliban 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..
’s Achin and Spinghar districts.
At least 26 Taliban snuffies including Pak fighters were killed and four others were maimed in festivities between Afghan defense forces and the Taliban in Nangarhar’s Achin and Spinghar districts.
Attaullah Khogyani, front man for the Nangarhar governor told Khaama Press that 26 Taliban snuffies including the group’s Pak affiliates were killed in ANDSF operations in Achin district and in Spinghar district of the province on Sunday night.
According to the reports Taliban launched attacks in the area, prompting Afghan defense forces to retaliate.
Khogyani added that the bodies of the killed Taliban also remained in the area.
In addition to this 50 Taliban were killed during heavy festivities that took place in 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...
province, MoD reported.
According to MoD at least 50 Taliban snuffies were killed and more than 62 others were maimed in Skirmishes against the government forces in Laghman province in the past 24 hours.
Earlier, the Taliban launched offensives in the region and captured some districts which led to attacks on the historic provincial capital, this incident led to the arrest of 117 security officials for duty neglect and inattention.
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Officials on Monday said, the woman planned to blow herself up at Qaisar district’s police headquarters, but fortunately was identified before inflicting heavy casualties to the security force members.
During the incident three other attackers were also maimed, the identity of the
Security officials said the female "terrorist" along with three others were completely dismembered following the detonation of her boom jacket.
Taliban were blamed to be responsible for planning to carry this attack, media reported.