JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Officials on Tuesday said 37 Islamic State or Daesh fighters have been killed and another 44 wounded since last evening when a major operation against was launched in the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province.
Attaullah Khogyani, the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces had recaptured a number of areas including Khwargai, Janjal Ghundi and Seh Pai villages from the self-styled IS group.
On Thursday night, hundreds of Daesh militants attacked several villages in the Kot district and captured them, with local officials saying security forces tactically retreated . . .
