Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar governor, said that seven Daesh militants were killed and five injured in air and ground operations conducted by Afghan security forces in Haska Mina and Khogyani districts over the past 24 hours.
He added that eight villages in Wazir Perokhail area were cleared of Daesh.
In a separate incident, two Daesh militants were killed in an airstrike in Haska Mina.
Daesh militants are yet to comment.
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