Monitoring Desk
KABUL: Twenty six Daesh gunmen and a Taliban military official were killed in separate incidents in various parts of the country, officials said on Thursday.
The Islamic State or Daesh gunmen traveling in a car and three motorcycles were targeted in an airstrike in Khoshtarbalaq area in Darzaab district, Jawzjan Governor Maulvi Lutfullah Azizi told AIP. Five Daesh fighters, including two Uzbekistani nationals were killed in the blitz, he said.
Separately, a press release issued by Helmand police headquarters stated the Afghan forces killed Taliban’s military official for Khakrez district of Kandahar identified as Maulvi Malik in the limits of Sangin district. A wireless set and a pistol were recovered from the area.
Meanwhile, Nangarhar governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khugiyani said 21 Daesh gunmen were killed as a result of ground and air operation in Shabai and Gorgorai areas in Haska Maina district. The dead included some under-training gunmen, he said. The Taliban and Daesh have not said anything in this regard so far.
