Sunday, August 26, 2018

Afghan Leader of IS Is Killed in US Drone Strike; Leader of Bombings Killing Hundreds of Civilians

The leader of an ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) affiliate in Afghanistan, who was responsible for recent bombings that left hundreds of civilians dead, was killed in an American drone strike, the Fox News website reports today (August 26, 2018).

The deputy spokesman for Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Sayeed Orakzai.

The airstrikes were launched in the Nangarhar province, near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. Ten other ISIS fighters were also killed.

The U.S. military has doubled its air strikes in Afghanistan over the past year and increased them fivefold over 2016 levels.

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