[ARABNEWS] The Afghan intelligence agency on Thursday said a third top Daesh commander in Afghanistan was killed in a US drone strike in the country's east this week.Shahidullah Shahid, a former front man of the Pak Taliban who defected to Daesh and was operating in Afghanistan, was killed along with five turbans on Tuesday, an official said.
"He wanted to expand IS operation in the country and with his death, it will have an impact on their activities," Hasib Sediqi, front man for the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), told Rooters.
Shahid was killed in the same strike that killed Daesh number two in Afghanistan Gul Zaman, along with 49 turbans in the eastern Achin district of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province where Daesh turbans have recently gained ground after pushing out the Taliban. One other commander was also killed.
Bordering lawless areas inside Pakistain, Nangarhar is one of the provinces where Daesh turbans are most active.
Daesh loyalists, mostly former Taliban disillusioned by the movement's unsuccessful bid to return to power in Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title
Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
, are often accompanied by dozens of foreign foreigners, hoisting black flags in several districts in the province.
A small but increasing number of mostly ex-Talibs are pledging allegiance to Daesh in Afghanistan, making them a target of deadly strikes there by the US unmanned aircraft.