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3 Afghans from IS group killed near border: Pakistan
2021-10-22
[AlAhram] Pak counter-terrorism forces say they have killed three Afghan forces of Evil who belonged to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group during a raid on a hideout near the country's border with Afghanistan.

The shootout was the latest episode of violence in Pakistain involving bad boy groups that appear to have been emboldened by the return to power of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
in Afghanistan.

The dawn raid was carried out in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
, capital of the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, said Javed Khan, an officer with the provincial Counter-Terrorism Department. The branch is a special police unit that fights local and foreign krazed killer groups.

Khan said the slain forces of Evil were Afghans, and that the raid foiled a possible terrorist attack. Two other fighters managed to flee, he said, giving no further details.

Pakistain has witnessed scores of terrorist attacks in recent years, most of which were claimed by the Pak Taliban and the Islamic State group. Both organizations have been emboldened by Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, where Pak forces of Evil are still believed to be hiding.
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