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2016-03-22 Afghanistan
Six suicide bombers among 17 killed in a military raid on Taliban prison in Helmand
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Military personnel have raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province of Afghanistan and released everybody kept inside as hostages, the Ministry of Defense announced on Monday.

A statement released by the ministry states that the prison belonging to Mullah Abdul Bari Zakir in Shoraki area of Nahr-e-Siraj district was raided last night.

The statement adds that 16 civilians were released from the detention but their identities would be shared with media later.

17 Death Eaters, including six jacket wallahs, were killed in the raid, the blurb states, adding that there was no harm to the military forces.

Taliban have not yet commented on the report.

However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
the group runs prisons in various parts of the country where they keep security personnel or others they have held on suspicion of being babus government employees or supporting government.

Posted by Fred 2016-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top
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