At least ISIS 21 militants were killed in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan Air Force in Zabul province. 
The provincial police commandment said late on Sunday that the airstrike was carried out in Dai Chupan Khak Afghan district. 
According to the security officials, at least 7 ISIS militants including a commander of the group were also wounded in the airstrike. 
This comes as Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said late in December last year that special military operations will kick off soon in southeastern Ghazni and southern Zabul provinces to suppress the loyalists of the (ISIS) group and Taliban insurgents. 
He made the remarks during a meeting with the elders of the two provinces which organized amid concerns that the fighters of the two group are attempting to expand foothold in some districts of the two provinces. 
The elders of Zabul said the local residents in Khak-e-Afghan and Nawbahar districts have noted movements of the two groups to establish and strengthen their presence. 
The Ghazni representatives also said the ISIS loyalists and Taliban insurgents have started to expand their foothold in Nawa district.

Source: QNA