JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Nine Daesh or Islamic State militants were killed in separate US drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, a military official said on Friday.
Afghan National Army’s 201 Selab Military Corps spokesman Col. Sherin Aqa Faqiri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the US drone fired missiles into a Daesh hideout in Haska Mena district on Thursday, killing eight suspects.
In neighboring Kunar province, a Daesh commander Abdul Haq was killed in a drone strike in Sawkai district, according to Col. Faqiri, who said the strike took place in Serai area.
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