A series of airstrikes killed 5 militants of the Taliban group and the offshoot of ISIL – ISIS Khurasan, in three provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
The military officials said Wednesday an airstrike killed 3 Taliban militants in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.
The officials further added a similar airstrike killed a militant of ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) in Tswoky district of Kunar province in the East.
Another airstrike killed a Taliban militant in Deh Yak district of the restive Ghazni province in South-east of Afghanistan, the officials added.
The anti-government armed militants including Taliban and ISIS Khurasan have not commented regarding the airstrikes so far.
Both the Afghan and U.S. forces based in Afghanistan conducted regular counter-terrorism operations and airstrikes against Taliban, ISIS-K and other terrorist groups in the restive parts of the country.
