Screenshot of Afghanistan taken from Google MapsThe claim comes after the jihadists first burst into Afghanistan's conflict in 2015The Islamic State group's Afghan branch has been "defeated" in one of the key eastern provinces where it first sought to establish a stronghold, a top Afghan security official said Sunday. The claim comes after the jihadists first burst into Afghanistan's conflict in 2015, when they overran large parts of Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, near the Pakistan border. IS "were defeated in Nangarhar, their centres were destroyed," acting interior minister Massoud Andarabi told reporters in Jalalabad, the Nangarhar provincial capital, amid ongoing operations against the jihadists. Some of their smaller groups are surrendering, other small groups will be eliminated in other provinces." He went on to say that IS were being "completely defeated" in Afghanistan.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 10, 2019 13:54 UTC