Nangarhar News
The Taliban fighters were also ordered to desist from carrying guns in rickshaws. The governor called on citizens to immediately inform security services on any armed people in rickshaws, said the agency.
Witnesses say a series of three explosions targeted Taliban vehicles in Nangarhar.
It has left at least three dead and 20 wounded.
An Afghan government ceasefire with the Taliban was extended on Saturday despite a suicide bombing killing at least 25, which marred an otherwise remarkable Eid holiday that has seen militants hugging security forces and civilians in celebration of the unprecedented truce.
At least 6 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday.
At least twenty terrorists belonging to Pakistan and ISIS have been killed in Nangarhar province.
The officials further said that the security personnel and local residents did not suffer any casualties during the clashes.
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement that other members of the Islamic State group were killed in the strike on Tuesday.
The Afghan forces in coordination with the US forces are conducting counter-terrorism operations to eliminate the militants affiliated with the ISIS terrorist group in Nangarhar province.
Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar, the eastern province on the border with Pakistan where Islamic State fighters have established a stronghold.
The US military statement said 35 Islamic State fighters and several high-ranking commanders were killed in the April 27 raid.
Afghan authorities Saturday reported a jump in fatalities from the American military`s largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State fighters dead, as US-led ground forces advanced on their mountain hideouts.
Mohammed, who was in his mid 20s, killed in the US assault, an intelligence officer of the Kerala Police said. However, he didn't have proof to confirm it.
Afghan troops seized drugs worth $26 million during an anti-drug operation in Afghanistan`s Nangarhar province, the command of Afghan Special Forces said on Wednesday.
At least 13 civilians were killed in an airstrike that hit a residential building in a volatile district of eastern Nangarhar province early on Wednesday, an Afghan official said.
General John Nicholson said the offensive in the eastern province of Nangarhar was part of US operations to degrade the capabilities of Islamic State.
At least 62 militants were killed in a day in Afghanistan by security forces.
An Islamic State (IS) radio station was destroyed and some militants were killed on Thursday in a drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan's president declared today that Islamic State militants are "on the run" in his country, following a massive military operation that included elite commando units which drove the insurgents out of remote districts on the border with Pakistan.
The suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Pakistani consulate and the bombing was followed by gunfire from unidentified terrorists.
An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing in the country's east has wounded nine people, including six policemen.
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