Drone strike kills 20 members of IS group

Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, <g data-gr-id="20">spokesman</g> for the governor of Nangarhar province, says the strikes took place on Wednesday. He says both took place in <g data-gr-id="18">Haska</g> Mina district near the border Abdulzai says the district is adjacent to Pachi Agam district, where militants are active.

A statement from the US military in Afghanistan confirmed a “kinetic strike” in Nangarhar against what it says were “individuals threatening the force.” 

Abdulzai says no civilians were killed or wounded.

Nangarhar has seen heavy fighting in recent months between militants purported to be from the Taliban and the Islamic State group, battling for control of trade route.

Drones are widely being used to target the hideouts of militants. In Syria, an air strike by an Israeli surveillance plane hit a car in Quneitra province in southwestern Syria killing two <g data-gr-id="19">militiants</g>.