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Afghanistan
67 Insurgents Killed In ANDSF, AAF Operations
2018-09-15
Doing the Lord’s business on the Muslim sabbath.
[ToloNews] At least 67 turbans have been killed in the past 24 hours in operations launched by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in different parts of the country.

Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday morning in a statement 67 turbans have been killed in the last 24 hours across the country.

According to the ministry, the operations were launched 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..
, Ghazni, Paktia, Pashtun-infested Logar, Kandahar, Badghis, Faryab, Baghlan, Balkh and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces.

Along with the AAF and ANDSF, commando forces were also involved in the operations, said the ministry.

Defense ministry said in total 12 joint offensive and clearing operations were launched and the AAF carried out 12 Arclight airstrikes against turbans strongholds and hide-outs.

"In the last 24 hours, ANDSF launched 12 joint offensive and clearing preplanned operations and the Commando forces did 114 special tasks and the AAF did 12 strikes on turbans strongholds in different parts of the country. As a result of these operations, 67 turbans have been killed," read the statement.

Defense ministry statement also said 28 turbans have been maimed in these operations.

AAF targeted turbans strongholds in parts of Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan, Helmand and Nangarhar provinces, read the statement.

Defense ministry also said a number of bully boy’s weapons and their hide-out have been destroyed in these operations.
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