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ISIS militants behead a child on charges of helping Afghan forces

2018-04-18

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Militants affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have beheaded a child on charges of helping the security forces in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The local officials confirmed on Tuesday that the incident has takne place in the vicinity of Darzab district, home to several ISIS Death Eaters. Provincial security chief Abdul Hafiz Khashi said the child, believed to be 14-year-old, was beheaded by ISIS bandidos murderous Moslems because he was taking food and water to the security forces in the area. Khashi further added that the victim has been identified as Rahimdad and was helping the security forces voluntarily. This comes as Afghan and US Special Forces are also busy conducting counter-terrorism operations against the terror group in North of the country. According to a report by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Afghan Special Security Forces eliminated 22 IS-K fighters attempting to defend IS-K’s strategic center of Darzab district, Jowzjan province on Apr. 11. The operation occurred six days after Qari Hekmatullah, the IS-K emir for northern Afghanistan, and his bodyguard were killed by a U.S. Arclight airstrike in Darzab on Apr. 5. The report further adds that fighters that choose to stay with IS-K face a similar fate as its leaders. Afghan and U.S. special operations coupled with U.S. airstrikes continue to decimate the heart of IS-K in Darzab. Afghan and U.S. forces have killed 90 IS-K fighters this year, a majority were eliminated in Darzab.

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ISIS Khurasan leader Qari Hekmat killed in Jawzjan airstrike

2018-04-08

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan Qari Hekmat ...who is in our archives as Qari Hekmatullah, commander of 145 ISIS gunnies before he made the acquaintance of a missile... has been killed in an Arclight airstrike in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said Qari Hekmat was killed in an airstrike of the US forces in Darzab district. A statement by Shaheen Corps said the airstrike was carried out at least 11:58 am local time in Sar Dara area of Darzab on Thursday. The statement further added that another member of the terror group was also killed in the airstrike but there are no words regarding his identity. In the meantime, Shaheen Corps said the terror group has appointed Mawlavi Habibur Rehman as the new leader of the group to replace Qari Hekmatyar. According to Shaheen Corps, Mawlavi Rahman is orignally a resident of the Sholgar district of northern Balkh province. The anti-government armed bully boy and terrorist groups including ISIS group has not commented regarding the report so far. According to Al Ahram: Afghanistan forces killed an important Islamic State (IS) commander in an air strike, one year after he defected from the Taliban and established a new IS foothold in the country, security officials said. Qari Hekmat was killed in a drone strike on Thursday afternoon in the Darz Aab district of Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, said Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for the Afghan National Army Air Corps.

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Afghan, US Special Forces To Target Insurgents In North

2017-12-09

[ToloNews] Pentagon officials said the United States forces in Afghanistan along the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Special Forces are preparing to eliminate ISIS Lions of Islam in Afghanistan’s north, especially in Faryab province. According to Pentagon, the US forces in coordination with the Afghan Special Forces have photographed and surveyed the ISIS myrmidons’ strongholds in Faryab and Jawzjan provinces from air and these hideouts will soon be targeted from air and ground. Afghan Interior Ministry meanwhile said in these operations, the Afghan and US soldiers will eliminate Deash operatives in the two provinces. "Planning, investigative and intelligence process have been finalized in this respect," a front man for Interior Ministry Nusrat Rahimi said. Although before this government officials rejected existence of ISIS in Faryab, but recent reports indicate that Qari Hekmatullah, a commander of a group of 145 gunnies, carry out activities in support of ISIS group in Jawzjan’s Qush Tepa district which borders with Faryab’s Bulcharagh district. "Foreign Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters, opposition groups to Uzbekistan and other counties who fight in Afghanistan, all exist here," Faryab Governor Mohammad Humayun Fawzi said. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system... ANA Special Forces said they have launched special operations in Faryab. "In a special night raid that we had in parts of Ghormach district, we killed four holy warriors and maimed six others. Our operations are ongoing in north and north-east," Jawed Salim, front man of the ANA Special Forces said.

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Top Kop kidnapped in Sar-e-Pul

2017-09-20

Armed anti-government men on Tuesday afternoon kidnapped the commander of the Afghan Local Police for Mirza Olang village from Sar-e-Pul city, the provincial council confirmed. The kidnapped commander, Habibullah, was stationed in Mirza Olang village in Sayyad district. Assadullah Khurram, a member of Sar-e-Pul provincial council on Tuesday evening told TOLOnews Habibullah was kidnapped on Tuesday afternoon from a gas station in Sar-e-Pul city. It is believed that the commander was handed over to a Daesh commander named Qari Hekmatullah in Jawzjan province, officials said. A local source in Sar-e-Pul said efforts are under way to free the local police commander from the kidnappers. Early last month Daesh carried out a coordinated attack on Mirza Olang village and killed an estimated 50 people.

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