conducted by the US forces in eastern NangarharThe unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan.
The provincial government media office in a statement said at least two foreign ISIS turbans were killed in an airstrike conducted in Nazian district late on Friday night.
The statement further added that the airstrike by the unmanned aerial vehicles was carried out in Lal Mandawi area, leaving three Pak nationals dead, including the military commission of ISIS group.
According to the Nangarhar government, the slain ISIS leader has been identified as Syd Wali andhe was a resident of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistain.