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Afghanistan
Car bomb destroyed, several militants killed in NDS raid in Nangarhar
2018-10-18
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device was destroyed and several Lions of Islam were killed during a raid of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), operatives 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 provincial government media office in a statement said the said raid was conducted in the vicinity of Sherzad district.

The statement further added that the NDS Special Forces stormed a hideout of the Lions of Islam in Marak Khel area of the district late on Monday night and as a result a boom-mobile which was prepared for an attack was destroyed and several Lions of Islam were killed.

The raid was conducted with an aim to arrest key Taliban
...Arabic for students...
group members Ehsanullah who is also famous as Sajid, Omar Tangiwal, and Abdul Raziq also famous as Khalid.

However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
the named Lions of Islam had beat feet from the area before the operations were launched but several of their comrades were killed during the raid, the statement added.

The provincial government also added that the local residents and security personnel have not sustained casualties during the operation.

Posted by:Fred

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