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Afghanistan |
Taliban leader, Mazlum, among 30 killed in Helmand operations |
2016-07-20 |
![]() ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operation was launched in cooperation with the Afghan Air Force and artillery units of the Afghan army. According to a statement by MoD, the operations were conducted in Sangin and Marjah district, leaving 30 snuffies dead and 11 others maimed. The statement further added that 15 snuffies were killed and 2 others were maimed during a separate operation in Haji Aryub area of Paktia province. At least 12 snuffies were killed and 12 others were maimed during a separate raid in Jund district of Badghis province, MoD said, adding that another Lion of Islam was killed, 2 were maimed and 10 others were maimed during separate operations in Pashtun-infested Logar, Zabul and Ghazni provinces. According to MoD, at least 4 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) also bit the dust during the operations. The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including the Taliban Lions of Islam have not commented regarding the reports so far. |
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