targeted a group of Taliban...Arabic for
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holy warriors who were planting Improvised Explosive Device on a roadside 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 leaving at least five Lions of Islam dead.
According to the informed military sources "A coalition air strike killed 5 Taliban fighters as they were attempting to bury an IED in a road in Nangarhar."
Similarly, Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted a raid in Hisarak district of Nangarhar province killing 11 Taliban fighters and confiscating several weapons.
In another operation of the Afghan Special Operations Forces in Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
1 Taliban fighter was killed and bomb-making material was destroyed.
The Afghan Special Operations Forces also conducted a raid in Nerkh district of Wardak province killing 2 Taliban fighters, the sources added.