ACHIN DISTRICT (Pajhwok): Security forces and Daesh or Islamic State fighters have been locked in a battle since ‘the mother all bombs’ (Moab) strike 11 days ago in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province.
The security forces have not been able to drive the resisting fighters from a stronghold spread over eight kilometers.
The US military dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb ever deployed in combat earlier this month on a tunnel complex used by suspected Daesh loyalists in the Achin district.
On Sunday, a group of journalists was allowed to get . . .
