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Urgent: Airstrikes kill 27 IS militants in Afghan E. province

Xinhua, May 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

Up to 27 militants loyal to the extremist Islamic State (IS) group were killed and 13 others injured after the security forces aircrafts targeted the insurgents' hideouts in Achin district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said. Endit