Saturday, June 24, 2017

Ramadan Death Count: Afghanistan, 23/06/17

(Kabul) The Afghan Ministry of Defence reported yesterday that over 50 insurgents belonging to the Taliban group and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan were killed during the operations in the northern Jawzjan province of the country.

(Kabul) The Afghan MOD reported that six terrorists, including a member of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, were killed in an airstrike in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. Elsewhere, three terrorists were killed and two others were wounded during a separate operation in Maiwand district of Kandahar, while two others were killed during an operation in Shegal district of Kunar province.

(Takhar) A military operation in the northeastern Takhar province by the 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army saw 10 terrorists killed, including Mawlavi Shukoor, the deputy military commission chief of the group Mawlavi Shukoor (must be nice naming your terrorist outfit after yourself). 19 of his band of unhappy men were also injured.

(Takhar) The shadow district governor of the Taliban group was shot dead by one his own guards in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The guard, who had turned to the even more dark side (ISIS), also managed to kill another 6 of his former bed wetters.

Ramadan death toll stands at 5,121.