Thursday March 9, 2017
Kabul (BNA) About 55 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group including foreign fighters have been killed in air and group attacks carried out by Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in various parts of eastern Nangarhar province.
Ataullah Khogyani spokesman of Nangarhar governor told BNA, the raids were conducted in different parts of Acheen, Roudat and Dor Baba districts of the province.
Several hideouts and weapon storages of the terrorist group have been demolished following the strikes, Khogyani added.
The ISIS adherents were targeted, while they were busy on organizing terrorist and destructive activities in the mentioned districts.
Casualties didn’t incur to civilians and Afghan security troops at the end of the assaults.
According to another report, Afghan security forces succeeded to discover and seize four weapon depots during separate operations in various parts of Nangarhar province.
The weapon depots belonging terrorist groups were kept in Acheen, Dor Baba and Koot districts of the province.
A security official in the province says, dozens heavy and light weapons and ammunitions have been discovered from the depots.
Also five rounds of mines that had been planted by enemies of the country to cause deadly events on innocent civilians have been discovered and confiscated by Afghan security personnel in different parts of Nangarhar province.
