Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said today that five additional civilians were wounded in the fighting a day earlier. He said 21 Taliban fighters and seven IS fighters were killed in the gun battle in Chaparhar district.
Khogyani said a 9-year-old girl was killed in crossfire and two other civilians were killed by insurgents.
A statement from IS news agency Aamaq said IS militants launched attacks against the Taliban in Chaparhar in which 14 Taliban were killed, including a group leader, and three others were arrested by their fighters.