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Afghanistan
6 ANA martyred, 64 insurgents killed in ANSF operations
2015-02-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Six Afghan National Army soldiers have embraced martyrdom in a road side landmine kaboom while 64 snuffies have been killed in Afghan National Security Forces operations.

A statement issued by the Defense Ministry Monday morning does not contain information about the exact location of the kaboom where the soldiers were martyred but states that it happened in past 48 hours.

Statement further states that 63 snuffies were killed and 31 others injured during confrontation with the military in past 48 hours.

158 Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs) were also discovered and defused by the military during the past 48 hours, the statement adds.

In the mean time, Interior Ministry in a statement issued Monday morning states that one bad boy was killed, another injured and five jugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
in police operations in past 24 hours.

As per the statement, the operations were conducted in 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..
, Uruzgan, Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, Ghazni, Kandahar, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Zabul, Kunduz, Takhar and Sar-e-Pul provinces with the assistance from the Afghan National Army and personnel of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS).

Four IEDs were also defused by ANSF in Kunar and Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
s, the statement adds.
Posted by:Fred

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