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2019-01-15 Afghanistan
27 Taliban, ISIS-K militants killed in separate operations of Afghan, coalition forces
[KhaamaPress] At least 27 Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
and ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) murderous Moslems have been killed during the separate operations conducted by the Afghan and coalition forces in the past 24 hours.

According to the informed military sources, two coalition air strikes in Dahanah-ye Ghori and Baghlan-e Jadid districts of Baghlan province left at least 11 Taliban fighters dead.

The sources further added that the Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted a clearance operation 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..
province, killing 5 ISIS-K fighters and destroying a weapons cache.

A coalition air strike in Darah-ye Pech district killing 2 Taliban fighters, the sources said, adding that an Afghan Special Operations Forces operation killed 5 Taliban fighters and destroyed a large weapons cache in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
At least four Talibs were killed during the separate operations of the Afghan and coalition forces in Tarinkot of Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces, the sources added.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top










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