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Afghanistan
Key ISIS leader and his fighters killed in US airstrike in Nangarhar
2017-10-22
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A key leader of the ISIS terrorist group in Afghanistan was killed along with his lover companions in eastern 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 of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army in the East said the holy warriors were killed in the US dronezap in Achin district.

A statement by the Silab Corps said the US forces carried out Arclight airstrikes in Mamand area of the district on Friday, leaving at least ten holy warriors dead.

The statement further added that the ISIS leader killed in the Arclight airstrike has been identified as Abu Tahir al-Bajawari.

At least nine other holy warriors accompanying Bajawari were also killed in the Arclight airstrike, the statement added.

The anti-government armed bully boy groups have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as holy warriors affiliated with 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 group suffered heavy casualties in the similar Arclight airstrikes in this province last week.

The provincial police commandment in a statement said Wednesday that the latest Arclight airstrikes were carried out in the past 24 hours in Nazian and Achin districts of the province.

The statement further added that 23 ISIS holy warriors were killed in total in the Arclight airstrikes and another bully boy was maimed.

The first Arclight airstrike was carried out using the unmanned aerial vehicles in Bandar Dara area of Achin district earlier today, leaving at least 11 holy warriors dead, the statement said.
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