KABUL during the past year brought down the number of its militants to about 700, US military in Afghanistan has said.
Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the U.S. military spokesman, provided the latest assessment Wednesday at a news conference in Kabul. He lauded the Afghan partners for their successes against the affiliates of the Middle East-based terrorist group Daesh.
Cleveland said one year back there were somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 IS members mainly in eastern Nangarhar province near the border with
