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Ten ISIS militants, including four leader, killed in Afghanistan

| | May 24, 2017, at 07:25 pm
Kabul, May 24 (IBNS) : At least ten militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

The state-run Khaama Press quoted a statement issued by the provincial Government as saying that the militants were killed during the Hamza counter-terrorism operations conducted in the vicinity of Achin district.

The statement further added that the militants were targeted in Pekha and Gawdara aras of Achin, leaving ten of them dead including four of their leaders.
The ISIS leaders killed during the operations have been identified as Omari, Omar Shah, Sabit, and Abu Talha, the statement added.
The provincial government in its statement also added that the local residents and the security personnel did not suffer any casualties during the operations.

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