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Afghanistan
Key Daesh Member Abdullah Orakzai Killed in Govt Forces Operation
2020-08-19
[ToloNews] The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) in a statement said that ISIS’s Khorasan branch’s top judge Abdullah Orakzai was killed in an operation by Afghan forces.

The "infamous bully boy leader," the NDS said, was involved in issuing hardline decrees including the "beheading of civilians and forced marriages for ISIS fighters."

He was leading the conflict against the government forces in Nazian and Achin districts in the eastern province 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..
, said the statement.

Abdullah Orakzai was the designated deputy of ISIS’s designated intelligence chief Assadullah Orakzai, the NDS said.

"Abdullah Orakzai was the implementer of the Nangarhar prison attack on August 2," the NDS said, adding that "the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
was the main plotter of the attack."

The complex attack on Nangarhar prison was conducted by 10 attackers and was claimed by ISIS. The attack ended after almost 20 hours and left at least 30 people dead, according to government figures.

On August 1, NDS in a statement said that the Afghan forces in an operation killed Assadullah Orakzai, the designated head of intelligence of ISIS’s Khorasan branch.

"Afghanistan’s regional and international partners should remember that Afghanistan is a key player in the fight against terrorist and will crush terrorists' roots anywhere," the NDS said.
Related:
Abdullah Orakzai : 2017-05-16 ISIS leader joins peace process with his 11 fighters in East of Afghanistan
Related:
Nazian: 2020-08-12 8 Local Force Members Killed in Nangarhar
Nazian: 2018-11-23 45 Taliban militants join peace process in Nangarhar province
Nazian: 2018-11-09 ISIS-K’s two Pakistani members arrested with family members in Nangarhar
Related:
Achin district: 2020-07-23 US Forces Exit 2 Bases in Nangarhar: Local Officials
Achin district: 2020-05-12 'Key' Daesh Leaders Arrested in Kabul: NDS
Achin district: 2020-04-04 Islamic State Khorasan chief Farooqui, who plotted Kabul gurdwara attack, arrested
Related:
Assadullah Orakzai: 2020-08-06 'Key' Daesh Member Arrested in Kunar Raid
Assadullah Orakzai: 2020-08-04 Deadly Attacks Spark Fear of Daesh Resurgence
Assadullah Orakzai: 2020-08-03 Jalalabad Prison Under Attack, '2 Killed, 20 Injured'
Related:
Nangarhar prison: 2020-08-04 Jalalabad Prison Secured After 18 Hours, 8 Attackers Killed
Nangarhar prison: 2019-06-14 Nangarhar: jacket wallah kabooms 9, cleric assassinated, 30 Talib turbans freed
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Key leader my butt. Positions may be key, but there are plenty of folks to fill them.
Posted by: gorb   2020-08-19 00:52  

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