JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Nineteen Islamic State or Daesh militants were killed and another 15 wounded during a security forces’ operation launched on Tuesday in the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said.
The operation, spearheaded by Maj. Gen Fazal Ahamd Shirzad, the provincial police chief, was launched in Lagharjo area in the morning, said Nangarhar police spokesman Hazrat Husain Mashriqiwal.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News as of the evening, 19 Daesh fighters were killed and 15 others wounded during the operation.
Mashriqiwal said the Afghan security forces suffered no casualties during the operation . . .
