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March 2017
Three ISIL-KP militants were killed and three more were wounded by a US drone strike in Achin District according to a "provincial police commander" in a statement released to Khaama Press
 * March 10

US airstrikes in Nazian and Kot District killed 16 ISIL-KP fighters, including seven Pakistani nationals according to a "provincial police commandment" in a statement released to Khaama Press. The strikes began at 10:30 a.m. local time in Nazian District and at 3 p.m. local time in Kot District. At least nine of the deaths were in Kot.
 * March 11

At least four airstrikes were conducted in Achin District, reportedly killing 17 ISIL-KP fighters according to a local "provincial police commander". Another airstrike was conducted by the Afghan Air Force in the village of Jawargar in Achin District killing eight ISIL-KP fighters.
 * March 14

US forces conducted 12 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province on March 18, a US spokesperson reported to the Bureau for Investigative Journalism via an email.
 * March 18

US forces conducted 20 airstrikes in Nangarhar Province] on March 20, a US spokesperson told the Bureau for Investigative Journalism.
 * March 19

The Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes in three separate villages in Nangarhar Province killing 27 ISIL-KP fighters the Afghan Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.
 * March 25

The Afghan Air Force conducted an airstrike in Kot District killing 33 ISIL-KP fighters the Ministry of the Interior reported to TOLO News.
 * March 26

A US airstrike targeted Taliban commanders in Khogyani District according to a "provincial police commander". The strike killed four prominent commanders identified as Zakir, the districts "shadow chief", Gul Mohammad and two others. The strike also injured four other militants. Three suspected ISIL-KP fighters were killed by airstrike in Achin District however it is unclear who conducted the strike and wether it was multiple strike or one.
 * March 29

April 2017
Khaama Press reported on April 3rd that US airstrikes left 16 ISIL-KP dead fighters in Nangarhar Province. It is unclear if the strikes were conducted on the 3rd or an earlier date.
 * April 3

A US airstrike in Achin District killed three civilians including two children and injured a further four.
 * April 4

Airstrikes in Achin District by the Afghan Air Force killed 49 ISIL-KP fighters. The strikes were said to have been a part of "Operation Hamza".
 * April 11

In what is the first time of its use in a war zone, the United States Air Force dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb available in its arsenal, a massive GBU-43/B MOAB on an ISIL-KP tunnel network once used by the Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War and utilized by Osama bin Laden during the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan. The strike was conducted in the Mohmand Valley of Achin District at 7:32 p.m. local time. Initially 36 militants were reported dead, but as the days followed the casualty figure grew, first to 82, then to 94, and then 96 including 13 commanders according to a top Afghan security official.
 * April 13 - April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike

A US drone strike killed two suspected ISIL-KP suicide bombers who were attempting to a attack a government building in Achin District.
 * April 15

An airstrike in nazian District was conducted at 10:00 a.m. local time killing five ISIL-KP fighters, all Pakistani nationals according to a provincial government media office. It is unclear who conducted the strike.
 * April 19

Two airstrikes were conducted Achin and Haska Mina District in Nangarhar province killing at least 28 ISIL-KP militants according to an unnamed Afghan official. One strike hit a compound killing nine while another killed 19. It is unclear who conducted the strikes and when the strikes exactly occurred.
 * April 22


 * April 26-27 - Mohmand Valley raid


 * April 28 - Afghan forces killed 20 ISIL-KP militants