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Afghan forces kill 6 IS fighters in eastern province
ASADABAD, Afghanistan, June 25, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least six Islamic
State (IS) fighters were killed and three others injured during the military
operations in Kunar province in east of Afghanistan on Sunday, provincial
police chief Haqnawaz Haqyar said Monday.
“Afghan security and defense forces launched military operations in Wata
Pur district of Kunar province on Sunday, killing at least six IS militants
and injuring three others,” Haqyar told Xinhua.
The operations will continue to eliminate the IS insurgents in the restive
Kunar province, the official asserted.
The hardliner IS group has yet to make comment.
Similarly, six more IS fighters were killed in the neighboring Nangarhar
province after unmanned plane targeted the militant group’s hideout in Haska
Mina district on Sunday night.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1812 hrs