ISIL-Taliban clashes kill 13 militants in Afghanistan
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This file photo purportedly shows a number of militants being trained at a Daesh terror camp in an unknown location in Afghanistan.
More than a dozen people have been killed and several others injured during clashes between the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group and Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s eastern Province of Nangarhar.
Attaullah Khogyani, the Spokesman for the Provincial Governor, said the two sides engaged in heavy exchanges of gunfire in the Achin district of the beleaguered province, which is situated over 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of the capital, Kabul, on Tuesday.
He added that the clashes claimed the lives of at least 13 individuals from the two sides, and left eight others injured.
Last month, at least 30 people were killed in clashes between ISIL and Taliban in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar Province. Earlier, in December 2015, skirmishes between ISIL terrorists and Taliban extremists in the Chaparhar district of the same Afghan province had left at least 15 people dead. Two civilians were caught in the crossfire and sustained gunshot wounds.
Afghanistan, parts of which have long been considered a bastion of Taliban, has recently been seeing the emergence and limited expansion of ISIL. Nangarhar, in particular, is one area where ISIL has visibly gained a foothold.
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