KABUL, May 14 (Xinhua) -- At least three members of the Islamic State (IS) were killed after U.S. and NATO-led coalition forces launched an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Sunday, authorities said on Monday.
"An unmanned plane of coalition struck an IS fighters' hideout in Papeen locality, Dih Bala district, Nangarhar province on Sunday, killing three IS militants," Afghan army's 201 Corps Selab based in the region said in a statement.
Afghan forces and the NATO and U.S.-led coalition troops continued in mopping-up operations as spring and summer known as fighting season is drawing near in the mountainous country.
However, the militants responded by armed attacks and bombings.
On Sunday, eight IS suicide bombers, three security forces and seven civilians were killed and 42 people injured after IS militants attacked provincial department of custom and finance in Jalalabad city, capital of Nangarhar.
