JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) members have beheaded two teenagers in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.

Achin district chief, Esa Khan Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News the IS militants brazenly decapitated two teenage boys--one 15 years old and the other 14 years old--in Bandidal valley of the district.

He said the IS fighters had earlier abducted the two boys from Mamandari area and beheaded them on Friday. The corpses of the boys were still lying in Mamandari, he said, adding the security forces couldn’t go to the area as it was under Daesh control.

Zwak said the National Directorate of Security (NDS ) and security forces were tasked to hand over the dead bodies of the boys to their families; however they hadn’t yet been succeeded to do so.

Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok, saying a probe had been launched to identify the identities of the slain boys. He said they had no information whether the beheaded were civilians or someone else.

There has been so far no word from insurgents in this regard.

On the other hand, some social media sites have published photos which are believed to be of the two beheaded boys; however the district chief says it has been so far not proved whether the photos are really of those two boys.

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