Afghan forces kill 2 IS operatives in Kabul

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Xinhuanet
Editor
Li Jiayao
Time
2023-05-06 14:42:29

KABUL, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces launched operations against suspected hideout of the Daesh or hardliner Islamic State (IS) outfit on the outskirts of the capital city Kabul on Friday, a news release of Afghanistan's General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) said.

The operations were launched in Bagrami district of the province on Friday night during which two members of the armed group were killed.

No security personnel or civilians were injured during the operations which lasted for a while, the news release asserted.

More than a dozen suspected IS operatives have been killed in operations by Afghan security forces in Kabul and the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city over the past couple of months.

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