Kabul: 29 militants from the IS-Khorasan group have been killed in military operations and an internal clash in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
A statement released by the police headquarters of Nangarhar province stated that 28 insurgents were killed in airstrikes and mortar fire in Achin District, a stronghold of the group in the strategically important eastern province, Wednesday afternoon.
Spokesman for Nangarhar police, Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal further wrote in the press release that eight other militants wounded in the attacks.
Meanwhile, a clash has erupted among militants in Wawishtama Wyala area of Ghanikhil District leaving one of them killed.
Col. Mashriqal said that the fighter killed belongs to IS group.
QNA
