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 of Afghanistan on Tuesday night.
The provincial government media office in a statement said foreign forces carried out an
using unmanned aerial vehicle which targeted a group of ISIS forces of Evil in Abdul Khel area of Achin district.The statement furhter added that a prominent leader of ISIS Khurasan identified as Mawlavi Sulaiman was killed in the airstrike together with his four fighters.
Some weapons and munitions were also destroyed during the same airstrike, the provincial government added.
The anti-government armed forces of Evil including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the airstrike so far.
Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the security situation in some of its districts has tanked during the recent years as both Taliban
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and ISIS forces of Evil are active in remote areas of the province.