Afghan official: IS kills 17 Afghan Army soldiers in east
KABUL — The Islamic State group launched an attack on Afghan security posts killing 17 soldiers, an Afghan official said Friday.
Ahmad Ali Hazrat, chief of the provincial council in the province, said the attack Thursday night took place in the Dih Bala district in eastern Nangarhar province.
Hazrat said IS fighters attacked Army security posts from three directions and after several hours of heavy fighting, 17 army soldiers were dead.
General Doulat Waziri , spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, said soldiers killed 21 IS fighters.