Airstrike kills 25 IS militants in eastern Afghan province

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five Islamic States (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, the provincial government said on Wednesday.

"An airstrike targeted a hideout of IS militants in Mahmand Dara, an area in Achin district on Tuesday, killing 25 IS fighters," the provincial government said in a statement.

The strike also destroyed weapons and ammunition of the group in the province, 120 km east of Kabul, according to the statement.

No civilian or security force member was killed and injured during the raids, the statement read, without saying whether the air raid was launched by the Afghan air force or U.S.-led coalition forces.

The IS militant group has yet to make comments. Enditem