QALAT (Pajhwok): Local officials on Sunday said 50 militants were killed and several others wounded during a clash between Taliban and Islamic State (IS) or Daesh fighters in southern Zabul province.
Elsewhere, another 12 Daesh members were killed during an operation by Afghan forces in eastern Nangarhar province.
In Zabul, the fight between supporters of Taliban’s leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and dissent Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah Mansoor, also backed by Uzbek Daesh fighters, broke out two days ago . . .
