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, NDS killed the deputy intelligence chief of ISIS for the province.
Afghan National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
in a blurb says that the deputy intelligence chief of ISIS (IS-K) was killed in a night raid in Nangarhar province.
NDS stated on Monday, that special forces of its unit carried out the night operation in Adur area of Khogyani district in Nangarhar.
According to the National Directorate of Security’s 02 unit, the operation lasted resulting in the seizure of three AK-57 rifles, a shotgun, a tactical vest, and a pistol.
Eastern Nangarhar is one of the insecure provinces in the country and in addition to the existence of Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...fighters, ISIS-affiliated turbans are also present and active in some areas of the region.
In recent years, Nangarhar province has been the main base of ISIS in Afghanistan, the group carries similar attacks like Taliban, al-Qaeda, and other turban groups.
This comes as Unknown button men rubbed out a civilian prosecutor, Mirwais Samadi, in the company area of PD 5, Kabul this morning.
Kabul Police confirmed the incident and added that an investigation is underway to determine the motive behind the liquidation.