December 27, 2025 11:19 am (IST)
Afghanistan: Key ISIS leader, 44 militants killed in operations
Kabul, Apr 28 (IBNS): A key ISIS leader along with 44 militants have been killed in separate operations in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.
While 36 militants were killed in ground and air strikes in Achin district, nine others were killed in an airstrike in Haska Mina district.
The operation also led to the destruction of several ISIS hideouts, the agency quoted government officials as saying.
The slain leader has been identified as Qari Nafiz and was one among the 36 militants killed in Achin district.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Latest Headlines
Music under attack: Islamist mob attacks James concert with bricks, stones in Bangladesh, dozens hurt
Sat, Dec 27 2025
Why Tarique Rahman’s homecoming is rattling Jamaat—and reshaping India’s stakes in Bangladesh
Fri, Dec 26 2025
Key Pakistani highway paralysed amid protests against 'enforced disappearance’ of four members of a family
Fri, Dec 26 2025
Legal immunity for Pakistan Defence Chief Munir sparks controversy, Islamic scholar calls it ‘haram’
Fri, Dec 26 2025
Press under attack: Bangladesh jails two men over violent assaults on Prothom Alo, The Daily Star
Fri, Dec 26 2025
Hunted down: Six more arrested in mob killing of Hindu worker Dipu Das in Bangladesh
Fri, Dec 26 2025
Sheikh Hasina accuses Yunus regime of ‘unspeakable torture’ of minorities in Christmas address
Thu, Dec 25 2025
Bangladesh violence: Second Hindu man's lynching in days sparks fresh fears over minority safety
Thu, Dec 25 2025
