The 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.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the
was carried out on Wednesday in Achin district.The statement further added that the murderous Moslems were targeted in the vicinity of Pekha Valley of Achin.
The anti-government armed elements including ISIS Khurasan sympathizers have not commented in this regard so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the anti-government armed elements are active in some of its remote districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security personnel.