US drone raid kills 3 in east Afghanistan
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The file photo shows a US MQ-9 Reaper drone firing a Hellfire missile.
At least three people have been killed in a US drone attack in Afghanistan’s troubled Eastern Province of Nangarhar.
The raid by the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was conducted in the Achin district of the province on Tuesday evening, said Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, the Spokesman for the Nangarhar Provincial Police Department.
According to Press TV, Mashriqiwal added that the victims were members of the ISIL terrorist group, which has gained a foothold in Nangarhar in recent months.
Takfiri ISIL terrorists, mainly operating in Iraq and Syria, have reportedly been recruiting terrorists in Afghanistan over the past months in what is believed to be aimed at establishing sanctuaries in areas traditionally seen as the strongholds of Taliban militants.
The recent strike came a day after some 30 people lost their lives in four US drone attacks in Nangarhar. Local officials said those killed in the late Monday raids were ISIL terrorists.
A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a radio station operated by the Takfiri group was also destroyed during the airstrikes.
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