Kabul: At least four militants of the Daesh were killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday.
“An international forces’ plane fired two missiles in Achin district Saturday night,” Xinhua News Agency quoted an official as saying.
The Afghan security forces have beefed up operations against militants, he said.
The Achin district bordering Pakistan has been the scene of heavy clashes between the Daesh militants and security forces backed by pro-government local militiamen over the past couple of months.
Government troops launch operations in Afghanistan
Meanwhile, the Afghan forces have adopted an aggressive stance against Taliban in the northern region as more than three dozen armed militants have been killed since Friday, officials said on Saturday.
To eliminate militants, the government troops launched major operations against Taliban in Sarkh Kotal, Dand-e-Shahabudin and Dand-e-Ghori districts of the northern Baghlan province on Friday, Xinhua quoted army spokesman Ahmad Jawed Salim as saying.
According to Salim, 15 militants have been killed and nearly a dozen others wounded since the crackdown was launched on Friday.
Aimed at taking back Sarkh Kotal area, the operations would continue until the law and order were restored there, the official said.
The strategically important Sarkh Kotal was captured by Taliban fighters weeks ago and since then the militants could threaten a major highway connecting the capital of Kabul to eight northern provinces.
