Bakhtar News Agency reported that the Taliban carried out an operation in Kunar province, in eastern Afghanistan, killing "two ISIS members”.

The state-controlled news agency under Taliban control released a report on Thursday stating that another "ISIS member" was arrested during this operation.

No further information regarding the identities of these individuals has been released yet.

Quoting officials from the Taliban's press office in Kunar province, Bakhtar News Agency reported that the operation was launched on Wednesday night in the Dewgal Valley of Choki district.

Two firearms were discovered and confiscated during the confrontation.