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Taliban and ISIS militants suffer casualties in Kunar, Nangarhar airstrikes

Taliban and ISIS militants suffer casualties in Kunar, Nangarhar airstrikes , 19 Aug 2018 - 10:55

The Taliban militants and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) militants have suffered casualties during the airstrikes conducted in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces.


The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the US forces carried out airstrike using unmanned aerial vehicle, leaving at least three Taliban militants dead and two others wounded.
According to a statement released by Silab Corps, the airstrike was carried out i the vicinity of Wali Sahar area of Sherzad district in Nangarhar povince.
The statement further added that the vehicle of the Taliban militants was also destroyed in the airstrike.
The US forces also carried out similar airstrikes in Titak area of Noor Gul district in eastern Kunar province targeting the hideouts of ISIS militants.
The airstrikes left a member of the ISIS group dead who has been identified as Aminullah, Silab Corps added in its statement.
Silab Corps also added that a Ak-47 assault rifle and a radio were also destroyed during the same airstrikes.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban and ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.
 


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