23 ISIS-K and Taliban militants killed in Afghan and Coalition Forces operations

Khaama Press quoted military sources as saying that the Afghan Special Forces conducted a clearance operation in Sangin district of Helmand province killing 5 Taliban fighters and destroying 8 IEDs and 150 pounds of homemade explosives.

A coalition air strike also killed 2 Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand while another coalition air strike killed 2 ISIS-K fighters in Khugyani district of Nangarhar, the sources added.

The Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Achin district of Nangarhar killing 8 ISIS-K fighters and destroying a weapons cache and a house-borne IED, the source said, adding that Afghan Special Forces also conducted a raid in Darah-ye Pech district of Kunar killing 2 ISIS-K fighters.

At last 4 Taliban militants were killed and a large munitions cache was destroyed during another operation of the Afghan Special Forces which was conducted in Khanabad district of Kunduz province, the sources said.