News Hour
By TOLOnews
TOLOnews 10pm News 19 November 2019
President Ghani, visiting Nangarhar province on Tuesday, said the “elimination “of Daesh in the province is a major achievement for Afghanistan, the region and the world.
In recent years, Nangarhar has been named a key Daesh base in Afghanistan.
The Taliban freed two Westerners they had held for more than three years on Tuesday, in exchange for the release of three senior members of the Haqqani network, the New York Times reported.
Sources told TOLOnews that the handover took place in Zabul province.