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IS militants kill 3 high school staff in E. Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 1, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Militants of the
Islamic State (IS) group brutally killed three staff of a local high school
in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar overnight, the provincial
government said on Sunday.
“The incident occurred in Malikyar High School in Khogyani district late
Saturday night. The assailants also set on fire scores of books in a building
after killing the unarmed men,” the government said in a statement.
Provincial Governor Hayyatullah Hayyat has condemned the attack and
ordered the security forces to arrest and bring to justice the perpetrators,
according to the statement.
Since earlier this year, the security forces have been clashing with IS
militants in Khogyani, southwest of provincial capital Jalalabad city. The
clashes have forced thousands of villagers to flee.
The IS group, which emerged in Nangarhar in early 2015, has yet to make
comments on the report.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1330 hrs