WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The US President Barack Obama has authorised his military leadership to target Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL) in Khorasan region, national security advisor Susan Rice said Thursday.
As part of the US counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan, President Obama had authorised the Department of Defense to target ISIL in the Khorasan, Rice said in Colorado Springs during the course of a major speech on ISIL.
American forces removed a Khorasan deputy last year, and we had launched a series of strikes and joint operations . . .
