IS Leader in Afghanistan Killed
Middle East Press: the US military has confirmed the head of IS in Afghanistan has been killed in a Special Forces raid.
The announcement follows speculations that Abdul Hasib was among several high-ranking leaders of IS in Afghanistan who died in the April 27th raid on a compound in Nangarhar.
Hasib is believed to have been behind an attack in March on a military hospital in the capital Kabul that killed or wounded more than 100 people. That same month, Afghan and US forces launched a counter-offensive in the province.
General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan said, Hasib was the second leader of IS in Afghanistan to be killed in the last nine months.
