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Two US troops are killed in Afghanistan during raid against ISIS

Jihadists in Nangahar province had recently been pummelled with the Mother of All Bombs

TWO US servicemen have been killed fighting ISIS in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.

Navy Captain Jeff Davis said they died overnight in an operation against the terror group in Nangahar Province in the eastern part of the country.

 US troops are battling ISIS in on the ground in Afghanistan
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US troops are battling ISIS in on the ground in AfghanistanCredit: EPA
 The Pentagon said two Navy personnel were killed in an operation last night
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The Pentagon said two Navy personnel were killed in an operation last nightCredit: Getty Images

The US has been battling the ISIS Khorasan group - the Afghanistan branch of the main network in Iraq and Syria - for several months.

Earlier this month a US Army special forces soldier was killed in the region.

The Pentagon responded by dropping the ten-ton Mother Of All Bombs - the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat - on an ISIS tunnel complex in Nangahar.

Villagers said the blast felt like an earthquake miles away from the target, where several dozen jihadis are said to have been wiped out.

The US estimates ISIS has about 800 fighters in Afghanistan.



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