[Tolo News] At least 66 Taliban and Daesh Death Eaters were killed in seven separate drone strikes by foreign forces in eastern NangarharThe unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province on Tuesday, local officials said on Wednesday.
The drone strikes started in Haskamina and Sherzad districts of the province at 4pm local time on Tuesday and continued for almost three hours, a front man for the Provincial Governor Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said.
"Forty six Taliban Death Eaters were killed in Haskamina and Sherzad district and 20 Daesh fighters were killed in Haskamina district of the province," he said.
There were no civilians casualties during the operations, he added.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
the Taliban and Daesh have not yet commented on the strikes.
Haskamina and Sherzad are both considered insecure districts in the province - in which Death Eaters are active and frequently target local security forces and threaten residents, said officials.