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Afghanistan
28 ISIS-K militants killed during Hamza operations in East of Afghanistan
2017-04-23
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least twenty eight Death Eaters 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 Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed during the ongoing Hamza counter-terrorism operations in eastern 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..
 province of Afghanistan.

Local government officials in Nangarhar confirmed that the operations were conducted in Achin and Haska Mina districts in the past 24 hours.

The officials further added that the Death Eaters suffered the casualties during the Arclight airstrikes conducted in the two districts.

An Arclight airstrike initially targeted a key compound of the terror group located in Arghach area of Haska Mina district leaving at least 9 Death Eaters dead, the officials said, adding that the second strike left at least 19 Death Eaters dead after they were targeted in a similar Arclight airstrike in Mamand Dara area of Achin.

The majority of those killed in the two Arclight airstrikes are foreigners, the officials added.

Posted by:Fred

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