Afghan Forces Foil Deadly Car Bombing in Nangarhar

The Afghan forces on Sunday foiled a deadly car bombing plot in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. 
The provincial government said in a statement that a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) was discovered from a house in Ghani Khel district, adding that the VBIED was prepared for an attack. 
The potential target of the attack has not been ascertained so far and the VBIED has been seized amid growing pressures on anti-government armed militant groups in this province, Afghan (Khaama Press) reported. 
Meanwhile, at least twenty-five ISIS militants were killed during the ongoing Hamza counter-terrorism operations in eastern Nangarhar province. 
According to the local government officials, the militants were killed in a series of ground operations and airstrikes conducted in the vicinity of Achin district during the past 24 hours. 
The officials said that the majority of those killed during the operations are foreigners, Khaama reported. 
The Afghan forces also confiscated a heavy machine and some other types of light weapons during the operations. 
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed militants have recently increased their insurgency activities in some parts of the province during the recent years. 
Both the Afghan and US forces based in Afghanistan are conducting regular operations to suppress the insurgency led by ISIS militants and other insurgent groups including Taliban.

Source: QNA