JALALABAD (Pajhwok): One Hundred and twenty two Islamic State (IS) or Daesh rebels have been killed in US forces airstrikes and 20 others were arrested in Afghan forces raid in the Achain district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.
Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan the US forces targeted Daesh insurgents in Bandar and Wach Bandar localities in which scores of rebels have been killed.
During the air raid the IS rebels headquarters was demolished and weapons and other military gear were destroyed, according to Khogyani.
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