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government in 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 in northwestern Afghanistan stated that the group’s forces have killed 5 ISIS members in the province’s district 12.
The Taliban intelligence agency in Herat province said that in an operation of the Taliban forces in the Haji Abbass area of Herat province’s police district 12, 5 members of the ISIS terrorist group have been killed.
The clash between the Taliban forces and the members of ISIS took place in Herat province on Tuesday night, November 15, at around 9:30, the Taliban intelligence newsletter said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his leg.
Son of a Breech!he exclaimed with feeling......
the Taliban also allegedly killed 5 members of ISIS in the eastern Afghan province 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..
in a "special operation."
The Taliban, on the other hand, previously asserted at a meeting with Tomas Niklasson, the special envoy of the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...for Afghanistan in early October that ISIS has been vanquished and is no longer able to conduct attacks.
According to Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who spoke with the EU official, ISIS and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan "have now been hit hard, they lost their ability to resist and attack."
The Taliban government spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, also announced discovering an ISIS cell in Kabul the Afghan capital, and the killing of 5 ISIS members who he referred to as "Kharijites", earlier this week.
This comes as many countries in the international community are growing concerned about the resurgence of international terrorist groups following the US liquidation of al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri
...Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as
the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodox al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra...
, in Afghanistan.