Al Jazeera: On the front line of Afghanistan's battle with ISIL
Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to the Afghan forces' battlefront with ISIL in Nangahar province.
Achin, Afghanistan - Going to Afghanistan's Nangahar province was a bit worrying, simply because the province is known to have fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
ISIL claims part of the province, calling it Wilayat Khorasan.
The armed group has already carried out attacks, including a suicide bombing against the Pakistan consulate in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, about two weeks ago.
Nevertheless we headed there, because this is an important story.
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"At the front, the last military post is well protected with sand and HESCO bags. The fighters inside are local villagers who joined the police to confront ISIL."
I think his guy, embedded in the ANA (he claims), is more than a little mixed up.
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