ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in raid, US confirms
The ISIS leader in Afghanistan, Sheikh Abdul Hasib, was killed in an April 27 raid conducted by Afghan special security forces and US troops, Afghan and US authorities said Sunday, CNN reports.
The raid also resulted in the deaths of several other high ranking leaders of ISIS-K, the terror group’s regional branch, and 35 ISIS fighters.
Two American soldiers died in the attack, perhaps from friendly fire, the Pentagon said. “He [Abdul Hasib] was responsible for ordering the attack on the 400-bed hospital in Kabul, kidnapped girls and beheaded elders in front of their families,” the US President’s office said.
