Senior IS leader killed.

• July 12, 2015 08:16

AFP reported on July 11th that intelligence officials and insurgent commanders said Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, was killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan.

IS leader Hafiz Saeed has been killed. (Source: Afghanistan National Directorate)

According to Afghanistan's National Security Agency (NDS), Saeed was among 30 ISIS-linked militants killed in the attack in Achin district, Nangarhar province, near the border with Pakistan.

Meanwhile, two commanders of the IS branch in Afghanistan also confirmed Saeed's death and stated that the airstrike occurred while the insurgent commanders were meeting.

Saeed was appointed leader of the “Khorasan province”—an area encompassing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of neighboring countries—in January 2015 when a Taliban group in Pakistan switched allegiance to IS.

(According to VN+)

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