Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90

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AFP Jalalabad
Last Updated : Apr 15 2017 | 11:13 AM IST
The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials said today.
"At least 92 Daesh (IS) fighters were killed in the bombing," Achin district governor Esmail Shinwari told AFP. Nangarhar provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani gave a toll of 90.

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First Published: Apr 15 2017 | 11:13 AM IST

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