Alwaght- Afghan forces have killed at least fourteen ISIS-affiliated terrorists, including top commanders, in an airstrike conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
The provincial government media office issued a statement on Saturday afternoon and said the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Achin district.
The statement further added that the target of the airstrike apparently was senior ISIS leaders who were killed in the airstrike
The terrorists were targeted in the vicinity of Margha area of Mamand Dara of Achin district, the statement said, adding that the two ISIS leaders killed in the raid have been identified as Asadullah Orakzai and Shakirullah Kunari.
The anti-government armed militant groups including the ISIS militants have not commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces however the Taliban and ISIS terrorists have increased their insurgency activities in some of its remote parts during the recent years.
The Afghan national defense and security forces have stepped up counter-terrorism operations to suppress the insurgency activities of the militant groups.
Afghanistan is still suffering from insecurity and violence years after the US and its allies invaded the country in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.
In recent months, ISIS terrorists, after suffering devastating blows in Iraq and Syria, have now relocated to Afghanistan through alliances with local terror networks.
