JALALABAD (Xinhua) – Fifty militants affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group surrendered in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a provincial official said on Sunday.
“A total of 50 members of the Daesh group gave up fighting and surrendered to intelligence authorities in Nangarhar on Sunday,” Mohammad Bashir, head of the provincial intelligence office, told reporters.
He said the surrendered militants were active in different districts of Nangarhar, a known Daesh stronghold.