At least seven Daesh or Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed during airstrikes in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Friday. Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan air forces…
A second mass grave containing at least ten bodies of civilians, allegedly kidnapped by Islamic State (Daesh) militants, has been found in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said Tuesday. The grave was found on Tuesday in Achin district where…
A high-level delegation from Kabul has arrived in eastern Nangarhar province to investigate a deadly US airstrike on an Afghan militia force in the Achin district, an official said Saturday. The airstrike was called in after an ALP…
KABUL, the US military said on Wednesday. The fresh US casualties occurred in the Achin district of Nangarhar province on Jan. 1. Two of the wounded service members are under treatment at a nearby medical treatment facility. A statement from…
Two commanders were among 16 Daesh or Islamic State militants killed in an airstrike in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. The airstrike was carried out last night in Momand Dara’s Margha…
The residents of Achin district in eastern Nangarhar province say the government is yet to deliver on its promise of reconstructing their houses damaged in clashes between security forces and Daesh gunmen. After protracted clashes between security forces…
Airstrikes by Afghan forces killed 20 Daesh or Islamic State militants in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, a military official said on Friday. Maj. Sherin Aqa Faqiri, 201 Selab Military Corps spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Former president Hamid Karzai, excoriating the dropping of the mother of all bombs in eastern Nangarhar province, has asked the Trump administration to be sincere toward the Afghans. In an interview aired on Monday, he denounced the use…
At least 11 Islamic State (Daesh) rebels and three Taliban have been killed in US drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Lt. Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Operation Qahar Selab was a failure because Daesh militants reoccupied areas from security forces in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials of the troubled town. While residents say Daesh or the so-called Islamic State…
Tribal elders in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province have imposed a five million afghanis fine on individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State (IS), an official said on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Nearly a dozen Daesh, or Islamic State, fighters have been killed in a drone airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Sunday. Lt. Col Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, the provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the foreign…
At least 15 Islamic State (IS), or Daesh, fighters have been killed in a fresh drone strike in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. District police chief, Haji Ghalib Mujahid, told Pajhwok…
At least 43 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed during separate operationsby Afghan and foreign forces in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least 13 insurgents have been killed and eight others wounded during a clash between Taliban and Daesh fighters in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan Newsthe incident…
Radio Caliphate, a mouthpiece of the Islamic State (Daesh), has been destroyed and 29 fighters were killed in four airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, officials claimed on Tuesday. In addition to the death of 29 Daesh fighters, the…
Eighteen Islamic State (IS) insurgents have been killed in fresh air raids by the Afghan Air forces (AAF) in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Local officials on Monday said 10 Daesh -- Islamic State (IS) -- fighters had been killed during an airstrike and an armed clash in eastern Nangarhar province. On the other hand, a Daesh flag installed on a…
Islamic State or Daesh fighters and a militia controlled by a powerful lawmaker have beheaded four men from each side after being captured during clashes in tit-for-tat revenge killings in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday.…
Thirty-three fighters of the Islamic State (Daesh) group have been killed in eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Saturday. The insurgents were killed in airstrikes over the past 24 hours in Achin district, a Daesh stronghold near…
At least 15 Daesh or Islamic State fighters have been killed during ongoing security operations in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Thursday. Another eight Daesh gunmen were killed during the clearing operations, Nangarhar police spokesman…
