700 ISIS militants killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in last three months

Kabul : A top Afghan Army official has said that at least 700 Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in the past three months during the Hamza operations.

 Speaking during his visit to Chaparhar district on Thursday, the commander of the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army, General Mohammad Zaman Waziri, said the ISIS



has suffered heavy casualties in the past two years.

Emphasizing that the security forces have foiled all attempts by the terror group, General Waziri said they have also been hardly hit during these operations.

He added the areas where the ISIS militants have been active were cleared in a joint operation by the Afghan security forces on Wednesday.