Drone attack kills 16 Daesh fighters in east Afghanistan
E. Afghanistan
Jalalabad - ArabToday
A total of 16 militants affiliated with Islamic State (IS) group were killed after an unmanned plane targeted their hideouts in Achin district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, provincial police chief Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal said Saturday.
The air raids, according to the official, were conducted in Abdulkhil village of Achin district Friday night during which a huge weapon cache of IS militants was also destroyed.
Militants' loyal to IS are yet to make comments on the situation.
Nangarhar province with Jalalabad city as its capital, 120 km east of Kabul, has been the scene of IS outfit's violent incidents over the past nearly one year.
Scores of IS fighters have reportedly been killed by airstrikes in the eastern Nangarhar province over the past couple of months.
source: Xinhua
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