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Afghanistan
23 ISIS-K and Taliban militants killed in Afghan and Coalition Forces operations
2019-01-30
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 23 ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) and Talibs were killed during separate operations and Arclight airstrikes of the Afghan and Coalition Forces in the past 24 hours.

According to the informed military sources, the Afghan Special Forces conducted a clearance operation in Sangin district of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province killing 5 Taliban
...Arabic for students...
fighters and destroying 8 IEDs and 150 pounds of homemade explosives.

A coalition air strike also killed 2 Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand while another coalition air strike killed 2 ISIS-K fighters in Khugyani district of 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..
, the sources added.

The Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Achin district of Nangarhar killing 8 ISIS-K fighters and destroying a weapons cache and a house-borne IED, the source said, adding that Afghan Special Forces also conducted a raid in Darah-ye Pech district of Kunar killing 2 ISIS-K fighters.

At last 4 Talibs were killed and a large munitions cache was destroyed during another operation of the Afghan Special Forces which was conducted in Khanabad district of Kunduz province, the sources said.
Posted by:Fred

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