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Unidentified Helicopters Drop off Daesh Terrorists in Afghanistan

© AP Photo / Massoud HossainiA U.S. helicopter flies during clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan government forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014
A U.S. helicopter flies during clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan government forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Daesh militants have been transported to the Afghan province of Nangarhar by helicopter, according to reports.

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Afghan authorities are investigating reports that two unidentified helicopters have dropped off Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in the Afghan province of Nangarhar, Afghan Senator Haji Lutfullah Baba told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday.

"A number of people in Tor Ghar, Nangarhar Province have contacted me to say that unidentified helicopters have airlifted Daesh militants there," Iran Front Page reported Baba as having said.

"They asked me to follow up the issue and urge security and military officials to look into the militant movements, which pose a threat to the security of the province and the entire nation."

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A spokesman for the local government in Nangarhar province confirmed reports that the helicopters had dropped off men wearing in black uniforms, and added that similar sightings had also been reported in the provinces of Kunduz, Baghlan and Badakhshan.

On December 16 Afghanistan's Khaama press news agency reported that fierce clashes between Daesh and the Taliban in eastern Nangarhar province had resulted in heavy losses for both sides.

"15 armed opponents have been killed and 36 others wounded in these clashes," said Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, who added that four of the dead were Daesh terrorists, and 11 were Taliban.

"Out of the 36 wounded, 11 of them belong to Daesh and 25 others were members of Taliban," he said, adding that two civilians had also been injured in the clashes.

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