Several anti-government militants including ISIS Khurasan affiliates and Taliban fighters were killed during separate operations of Special Forces and airstrikes which were conducted in Nangarhar, Paktika, Wardak, Kandahar, Helmand, and Khost provinces in the past 24 hours.

According to the informed military sources, an air strike was carried out on 5^th of March in Gandomak of Nangarahr killed a Taliban District Shadow Governor for Chaparhar district, Shaheen.
The sources further added that the Afghan Special Forces destroyed 3 roadside bombs, allowing civilians to travel without the thread of explosives.
The Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Jaghatu district of Wardak province killing 3 Taliban fighters and confiscating a small weapons cache, the sources said adding that an air strike in Ghorak district of Kandahar killed 1 Taliban fighter and wounded 2 others.
An air strike was also carried out in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province leaving one Taliban fighter while Afghan Special Forces repelled an attack near the Jalalabad airfield yesterday killing 4 fighters and destroying 3 suicide vests, 3 magnetic IEDs and 1 vehicle-borne IED, the sources added.
The Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Sabari district of Khost province on 4^th of March killing a Taliban commander.