"The coalition force pilotless aircraft carried out airstrikes against IS militants' hideouts in surrounding areas of Baandar and Baro Kali villages of Achin district, killing six IS members," the ministry said in a statement.
The mountainous Achin district bordering Pakistan has been the scene of heavy clashes between IS militants and Afghan security forces backed by the pro-government militias over the past couple of months.
The IS group has yet to make comments.
Xinhua -china.org.cn
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'Insider' attack kills 10 Afghan police...
ReplyDeleteAn Afghan policeman drugged and shot dead 10 of his comrades in the central province of Uruzgan early Tuesday.
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
"The policeman who had connections with armed militants first poisoned his comrades and than shot all of them during the night in a checkpoint," Dost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan, told the DPA news agency.
Weapons and ammunition were missing from the checkpost and a police vehicle was burned following the attack.
The suspect was on the run, said Nayab.
A convoy of police heading for the checkpoint on Tuesday repelled a Taliban attack with no casualties sustained, he said.......http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/attack-kills-10-afghan-police-160126083547130.html
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