Three IS militants killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

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At least three suspected militants, belonging to the self-styled Islamic State militant group, were killed on Thursday in a US drone strikes in Nazyan district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, near Pakistan’s Khyber Agency.

Security sources said the drone targeted a militant compound in the Nazyan district, killing three suspected militants and injuring five others. The sources added that the compound was completely destroyed in the strike.

In a similar airstrike in the same area on October 23, at least 16 suspected militants belong to IS were reported killed.