JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Half a dozen Daesh or Islamic State (IS) fighters were killed and four others wounded during an overnight operation in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said Wednesday.
Provincial police spokesman, Lt. Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Daesh fighters stormed police posts in Haska Mina district on Tuesday night.
In the ensuing clash, six IS attackers were killed and four others wounded in police retaliatory fire. Security personnel suffered no casualties in the clash.
Mashraqiwal also said police seized 32 kilograms of opium from a car and arrested a person in Samarkhel area of Behsud district.
The police spokesman said a civilian taken hostage by Taliban militants was also rescued by police in Pachiragam district.
Daesh and Taliban militants have not yet commented about the incidents.
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