KABUL (Pajhwok): Eighty-four militants, including 45 Islamic State fighters have been killed during clearing operations in 18 provinces, the Ministry of Defence claimed on Friday.
The operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Laghman, Paktia, Logar, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Herat, Badghis, Balkh, Kunduz, Sar-i-Pul, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Takhar, Kabul and Helmand provinces.
A statement from the ministry said that 45 Daesh rebels, including the group’s head of communications Qari Nafiz, were killed during airstrikes and ground operations in Achin district nine others in Haska . . .
