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Afghan Officials Say Leading Al-Qaeda Leader Killed In Operation

5th December, 2017 · admin 3 Comments

ndsRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
December 5, 2017

Afghan officials say they have killed dozens of Al-Qaeda officials during operations in eastern and southern Afghanistan, including senior leader Omar Khetab.

The National Directorate of Security said in a statement on December 5 that some 80 members of the extremist Islamic group had been killed and 27 others arrested in the joint operations with NATO-led coalition forces.

It did not give a date for when the operations were carried out.

The Afghan intelligence agency added that its forces also destroyed five Al-Qaeda bases in southern Zabul Province and the eastern Ghazni and Paktia provinces.

The statement said Khetab — who was also known as Omar Mansoor — was the second-most powerful leader of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent group, which has vowed to establish an Islamic caliphate by overthrowing the governments in Pakistan, India, Burma, and Bangladesh.

Based on reporting by AP and Reuters

Copyright (c) 2017. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
Posted in Al-Qaeda, Security | Tags: NDS |
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3 thoughts on “Afghan Officials Say Leading Al-Qaeda Leader Killed In Operation”

  1. Baghlani says:
    December 5, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    ******
    Now, it is starting all over again- same old lies and excuses under a goofy new war initiative by a new crazy US administration- it would be interesting to see how far the new lunatics would be able to carry it all, with such a fragile stamina to begin with.

  2. Baghlani says:
    December 5, 2017 at 7:38 pm

    That is how the lunitucs planted their lovely-looking flag on the dark side of the moon and claimed it all as their own- how funny !

  3. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    The rats are very daring- and would claim just about anything possible.

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