JALALABAD, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A total of 1,301 fighters and families of the Daesh outfit, laid down their arms and surrendered to security authorities in the eastern Nangarhar province, over the past one month, officials said.
Talking to reporters here, Nangarhar’s governor, Shah Mahmoud Miakhil, contended that a total of 1,301 Daesh elements, including 413 armed men, some of them foreigners, and 888 women and children, surrendered to security authorities, in Achin district.
Mounting military pressures, forced the militants to surrender, Miakhil said, adding, the military crackdown would continue until peace and security return to the area.
Backing the ongoing military pressure, a tribal elder, Malik Usman Shinwari, said that, exerting pressure on the insurgent groups should continue.
Nangarhar police chief, Aimal Niazi, according to the statement of the provincial administration, vowed to spare no efforts in stabilising peace and security in the relatively troubled province.– NNN-AGENCIES