Over 615 Daesh members surrendered in Afghanistan in two weeks

More than 615 members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have surrendered to the government forces in Afghanistan in the past two weeks due to a ramp-up in the army’s anti-terror operations in the Asian country, the Afghan military says.

According to Press TV quoting a statement by Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry on Saturday, carried by the country’s Tolo News television channel, the total number of Daesh members who surrendered to Afghan government forces during the past two weeks had been “over 615.”

It also attributed the recent mass surrenders to increased counter-terrorism operations by security forces against “terrorists”, particularly in the Eastern Nangarhar Province, which has been a key hotbed for the terror outfit during the past few years.

The ministry said that 18 Daesh members, accompanied by 24 women and 31 children, surrendered to Afghan security forces on Friday, a day after another 82 members of the terrorist group gave themselves up to the Afghan authorities in the Achin district of Nangarhar, along with 51 women and 96 children. 

According to Commander Waliullah, the Army Special Forces commander in Achin district, “at least 300” Daesh members, including women and children, also surrendered to Afghan forces in the volatile province on Wednesday.

Tolo news also said that interviews with the surrendered members had revealed that these terrorists had come from a variety of countries, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan.

On November 10, acting Interior Minister, Massoud Andarabi, announced that Daesh terrorists “were defeated and their centers were destroyed” in the troubled province, stressing that the terror group was “completely defeated” in various parts of the war-ravaged country.

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