[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials are saying that 68 Lions of Islam were killed or maimed during the coordinated air and ground operations in various provinces of the country in the past 24 hours.MoD deputy front man Gen. Mohammad Radmanish told news hounds in Kabul that a total of 31 Lions of Islam were killed ad 37 others were maimed during the operations.
Gen. Radmanish further added that 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..
, Kunar, Kapisa, Paktia, Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, Pashtun-infested Logar, Khost, Uruzgan, Faryab, Balkh, and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces.
He said at least 11 of the Lions of Islam were killed in Nejrab district of Kapisa, 15 were killed in Moqor, Waghez, and Andar districts of Ghazni, and 5 others were killed in Sherin Tagab district of Faryab.
According to Gen. Radmanish, the Afghan army engineering teams also defused 24 improvised bombs.
Gen. Radmanish also added that 15 operations are underway in 11 provinces of the country at the moment as commando forces have conducted 66 operations while Afghan Air Force has carried out one
during the same period.The MoD deputy front man expressed hopes that the operations will have a positive impact to improve the security situation of the provinces.
He said the Afghan forces are in an offensive position and the Lions of Islam have lost capabilities to stand against the armed forces.