Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Jalalabad (BNA) At least seven IS loyalists were killed in a series of operations conducted in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said.
The provincial officials said the militants were killed as part of the ongoing Shaheen-25 operations.
The officials added that nine militants also sustained injuries during the operations being jointly conducted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Haska Mina district.
According to the officials, the operations are being conducted with the support of close-air support and artillery units of the Afghan army.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan, but the anti-government armed militant groups have recently increased to their insurgency activities in some remote districts of the province.
The Shaheen-25 operations were launched nearly one month ago in response to the growing insurgency of the anti-government armed militants in Haska Mina, Kot, Achin and some other remote districts.
