Afghanistan-Pakistan ISIL chief killed in drone strike: AFP

Rasa - The head of the ISIL terrorist group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials and militant commanders said Saturday.

News ID: 2928

Date: 12 July 2015 - 03:06

RNA - The National Directorate of Security, the Afghan spy agency, said Hafiz Saeed was among 30 ISIL-linked cadres killed in the strike in restive Nangarhar province, close to the Pakistani border, on Friday.

Two ISIL-affiliated commanders in Afghanistan confirmed Saeed's death to AFP.

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