JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Feb 7 (NNN-ANA) – Fifty affiliated militants of the Daesh terror group, surrendered in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a provincial official said yesterday.
“A total of 50 members of the Daesh group gave up fighting and surrendered to intelligence authorities in Nangarhar on Sunday (yesterday),” Mohammad Bashir, head of the provincial intelligence office, told reporters.
He said, the surrendered militants were active in Khogiani, Chaparhar, Shiwa, Rodat, Mumand Dara and Kot districts of Nangarhar, a known Daesh militants’ stronghold.
The Daesh militants have not responded to the report.– NNN-ANA