Joint Afghan-US Operation Targets IS

A number of Islamic State militants were killed and some militant communication links to Syria and Iraq were destroyed in a multi-day assault by Afghan and U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The attacks took place in several locations in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, an area where IS extremists have recently expanded their activities despite Afghan security forces' intense efforts to contain them. The governor of Achin district in the province, Haji...

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