Death of ISIS Leader in Afghanistan Confirmed

U.S. and Afghan military officials confirmed on Sunday reports of the death of the ISIS leader in Afghanistan during a joint operation in Nangarhar Province.

The United States Army stated in a statement, “Sheikh Abdul Hasib, the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Khorasan Province in Afghanistan, was killed in a joint U.S. and Afghan operation.”

The statement added that dozens of Afghan and American special forces participated in a joint assault on ISIS caves and tunnel networks in the “Achin” sector of Nangarhar Province, which resulted in the death of Abdul Hasib and 35 of his associates.

Abdul Hasib was the one who ordered the attack on the military hospital of General Mohammad Daoud in Esfand, in which 51 people were killed. At that time, ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source: Voice of America