More than a dozen Daesh rebels killed in US drone strike

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Thirteen Daesh — or Islamic State (IS) — militants have been killed in a US drone strike in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, said a vehicle belonging to Daesh was also destroyed in the drone raid in Lataband area late on Saturday.

Civilians suffered no causalities in the incident, he added. The insurgent group has not yet commented on the strike.

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