[ALMANAR.LB] The head of the ISIL terrorist group in the Afghanistan-Pakistain region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials and myrmidon commanders said Saturday.It was reported that he might have been killed earlier this year. I guess we should consider this an announcement that he might have been killed in the middle of the year.
The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
, the Afghan spy agency, said Hafiz Saeed was among 30 ISIL-linked cadres killed in the strike in restive 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, close to the Pak border, on Friday.
Two ISIL-affiliated commanders in Afghanistan confirmed Saeed's death to AFP.