JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 25 Daesh -- Islamic State (IS) -- rebels have been killed during an air-and-ground operation in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Sunday.
Provincial police spokesman Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces carried out the operation codenamed Hamza in Pekha and Button areas of the district.
He said 24 Daesh members were killed and six others detained by security forces. The bodies of three slain fighters were still lying at the site. He added one machinegun, two Kalashnikovs and ammunition were seized.
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