ISIS millitants kill chief of police and 4 others in Afghanistan

Islamic State militants attacked a police
compound in eastern Afghanistan early
on Saturday, killing a police chief,
government officials and insurgents
said.

At around 2 a.m. militants attacked the
police headquarters in Dih Bala district of
Nangarhar province, said Attahullah
Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial
governor.
Five police officers, including the district
police chief, were killed and six wounded, he
said. At least 13 militants were killed and 7
wounded, Khogyani said.
Islamic State's Khorasan Province branch
claimed responsibility for the attack in a
statement online and said it killed the police
chief and 13 officers.
Nangarhar, a volatile province that borders
Pakistan, is where militants claiming
allegiance to Islamic State have made their
greatest inroads in Afghanistan.
Earlier this year American forces were given
the green light to conduct more air strikes
against Islamic State in Afghanistan, wading
into a fight being waged by Afghan troops
and Taliban insurgents competing for
influence in the area.