JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A notorious commander of the Islamic State group, also known as Daesh, has shot dead nearly a dozen associates in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday.
Commander Zamin Jan, alias Abu Bakar, gunned down 11 of his men in the Karkana area of Achin district on Friday night, Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Elsewhere in the province, the head of the Hewad Foundation teaching centre came under armed attack in Kama district.
Ilham Yasini said gunmen fired at . . .
