Airstrike kills 9 IS militants in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Nine IS militants were killed Sunday in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

"Yesterday, nine Daesh (IS) terrorists were killed after Afghan Air Force targeted militants' hideouts in Achin district, Nangarhar province," the ministry said in a statement.

The air raid also destroyed weapons and vehicles belonging to the IS terrorists, the statement noted.

Special engineering teams of Afghan National Police also found and defused four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in provincial capital of Jalalabad and neighboring Muhmand Dara and Bati Kot districts, the statement added.

The militant group fighting government security forces has yet to make comments.