s which were conducted in Nangarahr, Wardak, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Pashtun-infested Logar, Takhar, Paktia, and Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces in the past 24 hours.
The sources further added that 3 Talibs were killed during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces which were conducted in Achin district of 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..
and Chak district of Wardak province. Afghan cops have killed more than 60 Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters in the region since last week, including 8 within the last 36 hours.
The Afghan Special Forces conducted similar operations in Tarinkot city of Uruzgan and Dasht-e-Qala district of Takhar province leaving 14 Talibs dead, the sources said.
"Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Charkh district and destroyed over 4,600 pounds of homemade explosives," the sources said adding that "Air strikes in Zurmat district of Paktia province killed 3 Taliban fighters."
At least 19 Talibs were killed during the Afghan Special Forces operations and airstrikes which were conducted in Sangin district of Helmand, Qarabagh and Andar districts of Ghazni, and Shindand district of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province, the sources said.