Tuesday April 17, 2018
Jalalabad City (BNA) At least 19 loyalists of ISIS terrorist group were killed by Afghan Special Forces in vicinity of eastern Nangarhar province last night.
The terrorists have been targeted and killed in various parts of Dara Noor, Bati Koot, Deh Bala, Roudat and Heska Mena districts of the province.
Senior commander of Afghan National Army in the east of the country told BNA correspondent, air and ground raids carried out by Afghan Special Forces in different parts of the mentioned districts, in which 19 ISIS adherents were killed and their hideouts along with some military equipment have been destroyed.
According to another report, Afghan security forces by discovering and confiscating 6 round of different type of mines succeeded to prevent from a series of blast incidents in Nangarhar province.
Also during this period, a weapon storage belonging terrorist group have been seized by Afghan security troops in relevant areas of Jalalabad city the provincial capital of the province.
Several heavy and light weapons have been seized from the weapon storage.
Local officials in the province claimed that ISIS members used the weapon storage in terrorist and destructive activities.
T/A.B.Maseer
