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At least nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in two Afghan provinces, officials said on Friday.
Eight IS members were killed in Dih Bala district of Nangarhar province as the Afghan special operations forces conducted an airstrike there on Thursday, MoD-OCGA said in a statement.
Another militant was killed in neighbouring Kunar province in a similar attack on the same day. But officials did not provide information about the identity of the deceased.
They said in the statement that more details about the targeted militants will be made public soon, reports Xinhua.
The Afghan Special Forces killed over 6,100 militants, injured about 3,200 and detained 443 others throughout 2017.
They also destroyed 15 militants' command and control posts and 352 bunkers in different places over the period, according to OCGA.
The IS group, which emerged in Nangarhar in early 2015, has yet to make comments on the report.