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Afghanistan: US airstrikes pound ISIS, Taliban positions, leaving seven militants dead

| @indiablooms | Aug 02, 2018, at 03:14 pm

Kabul, Aug 2 (IBNS): The US forces based in Afghanistan carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS and Taliban positions in eastern Kunar and Nangarhar province of Afghanistan leaving at least seven militants dead.

Local Khaama Press quoted a military statement, saying that the US unmanned aerial vehicles pounded the ISIS hideouts in Milwa and Gorgori areas of Deh Bala in Nangarhar province.

The statement further added that the airstrikes left at least six ISIS militants and their hideouts were totally destroyed.

It said the US unmanned aerial vehicles also targeted the Taliban targets in Watapur district of Kunar and as a result, a Taliban group member identified as Masiullah was killed.

The airstrikes did not inflict casualties on the local residents of the two provinces, the statement said.

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