Commandos repel attack; eliminate 20 ISIS-K fighters in Nangarhar

Photo By Spc. Jacob Krone | A cloud of smoke fills the air after a coalition airstrike destroys an ISIS-K stronghold in Mohmand Valley, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2018. The munition was dropped to allow Afghan Special Security Forces to remove ISIS-K fighters from the valley. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacob Krone)  

AFGHANISTAN

02.02.2018

Story by Martha Schaeffer 

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

Afghan Commandos responded with precision to repel an ISIS-K attack during a partnered 1st and 8th Special Operations Kandak (Battalion) operation in Mohmand Valley, Achin district, Nangahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2018.

After receiving effective small arms and sniper fire from an ISIS-K element, the Commandos responded with superior firepower, setting the conditions for a decisive engagement using coalition airpower.

Twenty ISIS-K fighters were eliminated immediately and successive strikes obliterated eight defensive fighting positions.

NATO Resolute Support Commander Gen. John Nicholson has stated, “There is no sanctuary for ISIS inside Afghanistan, and we will not stop until they are eliminated from this country."

The Commandos led offensive operations in southeast Nangarhar in the spring and summer of 2018, driving ISIS-K from several district centers. The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces then placed multiple police and military forces forward to hold the terrain in order to enable families to return to their homes.

• Date Taken: 02.02.2018
• Date Posted: 02.04.2018 09:11
• Story ID: 264603
• Location: AF