JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 20 militants have been killed in airstrikes and ground operations in eastern Nangarhar province, officials claimed on Saturday.
Fourteen Islamic State (Daesh) fighters were eliminated in Mamandara and Moragi areas of Achin district during overnight airstrikes by foreign troops, the governor’s spokesman said.
Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News all the dead were foreign militants. Some dead bodies were still lying at the scene, he said, adding civilians were not harmed.
Elsewhere in the province, one Daesh member was killed and four others were wounded in an ongoing . . .
