WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): In a major blow to the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, a US airstrike has killed its leader Hafiz Sayed Khan, the Pentagon announced on Friday.
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Trowbridge said the US and Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted operations against ISIL in eastern Nangarhar province between July 1 and 30.
“During this time, US forces conducted an airstrike targeting Hafiz Sayed Khan, the Islamic State in the Levant-Khorasan emir, in Achin district on July 26, resulting in his death,” Trowbridge . . .
