JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A total of six insurgents, affiliated with the Daesh group, were killed, as an unmanned plane struck the militants’ hideout in Pachir Agam district, of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said an army statement released here today (Friday).
According to the statement, the drone strike was conducted on Thursday afternoon and targeted the hardliner group’s hideout in Suliman Khil area of the restive district, killing six armed militants on the spot.
Drone attacks are often launched by the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.
The hardliner Daesh outfit, which is operational in parts of Nangarhar and the neighbouring Kunar and Nuristan provinces, do not made comments on the reports yet.
