Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the Islamic State group has been defeated in the eastern parts of the country, where it had taken over some remote districts.
Speaking at the opening of parliament, Ghani said Afghan forces had dislodged IS loyalists from regions of Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan.
"Afghanistan will be their graveyard," he said in an address broadcast live on national television.
IS has had a presence in Afghanistan for more than a year.