JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Intelligence officials in eastern Nangarhar say that 70 members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group have surrendered to security forces in the province.
Dr Bashir, intelligence chief of Nangarhar, said 70 IS members, including a number of children, had surrendered to their forces in the province.
He said that the militants surrendered through tribal elders’ mediation and had been pardoned by a decree issued by the head of the Islamic Emirate.
Local tribal elders said they mediated for the surrender of IS militants and decided to burn the house of anyone joining the group in future and . . .
