Efforts to decimate terrorist enclaves and formations around the globe continue to yield successful returns. Not unexpectedly, the US has been at the forefront of these efforts.

For instance, the operation to take Deh Bala, on the border with Pakistan, had begun at the end of April. About 600 American Green Berets and three Afghan commando units were involved.



According to reports, the operation began with troops arriving by helicopter and setting up an operations base near the village of Gargari, where the ISIS fighters were trying to establish a local capital.

Several days of heavy fighting ended in early June with 167 Islamic State fighters killed and large quantities of equipment captured.