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Afghanistan
MoD confirms ISIS militants among 34 killed in latest operations
2017-01-19
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) confirmed 6 loyalists of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist were killed along with 28 other bandidos gunnies during the clearance operations.

According to a statement by MoD, the operations were conducted in the past 24 by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

The statement further added that 29 bandidos gunnies were also maimed during the operations which were conducted with the support of the air force and artillery units.

The operations were conducted 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..
, Kapisa, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Farah, Kunduz, Baghlan, and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces.

At least 15 of the bandidos gunnies were killed in the vicinity of Tarinkot city in southern Uruzgan province and 10 others were maimed.

At least 6 ISIS loyalists were killed in Deh Bala area of Nangarhar and 4 others were maimed, MoD said, adding that 4 others were maimed.

According to MoD, at least 5 bandidos gunnies were killed and 8 others were maimed during a separate operation in Maiwand district of Kandahar.

At least 5 Taliban gunnies were killed and 7 others were maimed during an operation in Bala Bolok district of Farah province and 3 more were killed in Baghlan province, MoD added.

Posted by:Fred

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