Jalalabad, Dec 5 (UNI) As many as 180 militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) surrendered in this capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, the Provincial Governor confirmed.
"A total of 180 members of IS or Daesh terrorist group renounced violence and surrendered to Nangarhar's National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Jalalabad city at midday on Thursday," Xinhua quoted Governor Shah Mohammad Miyakhil as saying.
The militants, who were active in Achin district of the war-torn country, also surrendered 94 rounds of AK-47 and heavy machine guns to the country's national intelligence agency NDS.
Militants affiliated to the hardliner IS outfit had emerged in Achin and in the neighbouring Nazyan and Khogyani districts in early 2015 and have been challenging the security forces in the relatively violent Nangarhar province, since then.
The security forces launched a massive crackdown against the IS in Achin early last month, forcing more than 1,000 IS militants and their family members to surrender.
The militant outfit has not made any comment on the report, so far.
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