Dozens of Daesh members killed in Afghanistan

Rasa - Afghan troops have killed over 27 ISIS Takfiri terrorists during operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

News ID: 428561

Date: 31 March 2017 - 22:04

RNA - A statement by the Afghan National Army in Eastern Afghanistan said the operations and airstrikes were conducted in the vicinity of Kot district.

The district is once one of the main strongholds of the loyalists of the terror group from where they launch their operations in Afghanistan.

In the meantime, the 201st Corps of the Afghan Army said the Afghan forces and the local residents did not suffer any casualties during the recent operations.

The provincial police commandment earlier reported that 24 Taliban insurgents including four senior leaders of the group were killed in an airstrike in Ghani Khel district last night.

This comes as the Afghan forces are busy conducting clearance operations under the name of Shaheen-25 operations which were launched more than one ago to suppress the growing insurgency of ISIS terrorist group in Nangarhar province.

The operations led by 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were launched after receiving approval from the national security council of the country.

The operations were launched amid concerns by the officials that the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to expand their foothold in Nangarhar and turn the province into their regional operational base.

United Nations revealed in September 2015 that ISIS terrorist group is recruiting fighters in 25 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.

“The number of groups and individuals who are openly declaring either loyalty to or sympathy with ISIS continues to grow in a number of provinces in Afghanistan,” the report said.

There are increasing efforts by ISIS loyalists to expand presence in parts of southern and central Asia under the terror group’s so-called Khurasan province.

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