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2020-02-23 Afghanistan
19 ISIS militants killed in Afghan Special Forces raid, airstrikes in Kapisa and Kunar
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces
...established in 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak (battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the U.S. Army Rangers. Each battalion is assigned to one of the six regional corps. The commandos comprise 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conduct 70% to 80% of the fighting...
killed six faceless myrmidons of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in North-eastern Kapisa province.

The informed military officials said Friday the Special Forces also destroyed a small cache of weapons of the terror group during the same operation which they conducted in Nejrab district.

The officials further added that an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed additional 6 ISIS Khurasan faceless myrmidons in the same district.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, Gloria again dodged the questing tip of the giant frog's tongue and ran for her life...
the officials said an airstrike killed 7 faceless myrmidons of the terror group in Chawkai district of Kunar.

The ISIS sympathizers have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top
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