JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Sixty-one people, including elders and youth, were still in Islamic State (IS) captivity in the Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Tuesday.
The district chief, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said the local residents were taken hostage on the first day of Daesh attacks on the town.
A day earlier, the Nangarhar governor’s house said 19 civilians had been rescued from Daesh captivity as a result of a security operation in the restive district.
The district’s administrative head, Mirbaz Khan Intizar . . .
