JALALABAD (Pajhwok): As many as 24 Daesh and two Taliban militants have been killed during clashes and operations in eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said on Friday.
A statement from the media office of Nangarhar said clashes broke out yesterday between Daesh militants and local residents in the Khogyani district.
Twenty-four Islamic State fighters were killed and five others were captured alive by the residents, it said.
The statement quoted Afghan National Army’s 201 Selab Military Corps officials as saying the clashes . . .
