...KABOOM!...
killed seven gunnies of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
of Afghanistan.
According to a statement released by 201st Silab Corps, the U.S. forces conducted the airstrike in Noor Gul district early on Tuesday.
The statement further added that the airstrike targeted the gunnies at around 9:00 am local time in Mazar Dara area of the district.
The ISIS gunnies have not commented regarding the airstrike so far.
The 201st Silab Corps had earlier said a group of at least 30 ISIS gunnies have surrendered to Afghan forces in Kunar province.
The 30 ISIS gunnies handed over themselves and their weapons in Suki and 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..
districts of Kunar, the 201st Silab Corps added.
Kunar is among the volatile provinces in East of Afghanistan where ISIS gunnies and gunnies belonging to other groups including Taliban
...Arabic for
students...
and Al Qaeda network have considerable presence in some of its restive districts.