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Afghanistan
Taliban suffer heavy casualties in an airstrike in Balkh province of Afghanistan
2016-12-15
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Talibs suffered heavy casualties in an Arclight airstrike conducted in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Wednesday.

According to a statement by MoI "Today early morning, during an Arclight airstrike 21 armed Taliban were killed and some amount of light and heavy rounds of ammunitions destroyed as well."

The statement further added that the Arclight airstrike took place in Chamtal district but no further details were given.

The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far.

Balkh is among the relatively peaceful provinces in northern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed murderous Moslem groups have recently been trying to destabilize the province.

Numerous have operations have been launched by the acting governor and prominent politician Ata Mohammad Noor in some remote districts of the province to suppress the gunnies activities.

According to the local officials, several signs showing attempts being made by the loyalists of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group to expand foothold in this province were also found.

On the other hand, the officials warned that the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to expand foothold in some other provinces as well.

The move by ISIS loyalists came as the Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant in some northern provinces during the recent months, including the strategic Kunduz city.

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