AhlulBayt News Agency - Authorities in Afghanistan say security forces have killed more than 120 terrorists of the ISIS group, including senior commanders, and captured a key base for the militants in far eastern Nangahar province, bordering Pakistan.
Security forces also arrested more than two dozen militants of the group during the operations, Attaullah Khogyani, a provincial government spokesman, said. It is not possible to verify the official's claims.
Footage on Afghan television channels and pictures released to media showed a training center and court building officials said the fighters for "Daesh," the Arabic acronym for IS, used for staging attacks in nearby areas and dispensing its brand of Islamic justice.
He said the offensive was unleashed on Saturday, hours after the deadly bombing of a protest rally by in Kabul. Officials said three suicide bomber struck the demonstration of the Shi'ite ethnic Hazara community, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 200 others.
A website linked to IS claimed the group was behind the bloodshed.
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