Militants of the ISIS group suffered heavy casualties in a series of air and ground operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
According to the local security officials, the militants were killed in the past 24 hours in three restive districts of Nangarhar.
A security official said at least 33 ISIS militants of the group were killed during the operations, Afghan News Agency (Khaama) reported.
The official further added that the operations were conducted in Achin, Rodat, and Kot districts.
According to the official, at least 12 militants of the group were also wounded and several hideouts of them were destroyed during the operations.
The Afghan security forces also seized several weapons, ammunition, and explosives during the operations, including a number of the Improvised Explosive Device.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the some remote districts of the province have been witnessing instability during the recent years.
Source: QNA
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