JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 18 Daesh or Islamic State militants have been killed in an airstrike and a clash in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday.
Another 18 gunmen loyal to the group were wounded in the separate air and ground offensives during the past 24-hours, Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
He said 14 Daesh rebels were killed, including a key figure Saqib, and their weapons and ammunition destroyed in the airstrike in Abdulkhelo area of Achin district.
In Chaparhar district, four IS militants were killed . . .
