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2019-03-04 Afghanistan
Airstrikes leave at least 350 Taliban militants dead in past one week: MoD
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan has claimed that the Arclight airstrikes have left at least 450 Talibs dead in past one week.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense "Despite unsuitable weather condition and heavy snowfall, over the past week, Afghan Air Forces carried out airstrikes on the enemies’ havens in order to ensure security."

The statement further added "These air operations were launched in Sangen district of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Sancharak district of Sarepul, Dashte-Qala district of Takhar, Qarabagh, Dehyak and Andar districts of Ghazni, Hesarak 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..
, Zurmat district of Paktia, Shulgara district of Balkh, Shahwalikut district of Kandahar and vicinity of Trenkut city. As a result, 350 murderous Moslems including Shafiqullah, Mullah Zanjer, Mullah Noor Ahmad known as Khalid, Abdullah, Zahidullah, Yousuf, Badruddin, Mullah Faizullah, Mawlai Nematullah, Mawlawi Muhammadi, Mullah Noorulhaq and Mullah Temoor Shah, Local commanders were killed. Tens of their fighting positions, hideouts and depots destroyed as well."

"Mentioned enemy commanders had played active role in planning suicide kabooms, placing IEDs and conducting offensives in their respective areas," MoD said, adding that the Afghan Air Forces alongside other Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are ready to defend the country under any circumstance and will not spare any effort in fighting terrorism and destroying enemy havens.

The anti-government armed faceless myrmidons including Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
have not commented regarding the report so far.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top
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