Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan confirmed killed
Source: Reuters
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, U.S. and Afghan officials said on Sunday.
Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a U.S. drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including one in March 8 on the main military hospital in Kabul, a statement said.
Last month, a Pentagon spokesman said Hasib had probably been killed during the raid by U.S. and Afghan special forces in Nangarhar during which two U.S. army Rangers were killed, but prior to Sunday's announcement there had been no confirmation.
"This successful joint operation is another important step in our relentless campaign to defeat ISIS-K in 2017," the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson said in a statement from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul.
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onethatcares
(16,184 posts)can we bring the troops home from there now?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)I think there is a new head, then a new second-in-command. That is, if there was a succession plan. Otherwise, there will be infighting between factions and we have to see who wins. Then kill him.
So, no, the troops have to stay.
OnlinePoker
(5,725 posts)Seems that plan was doing the same thing the last 2 presidents did.
Crowman2009
(2,499 posts)Reminds me of the whole: We took out the (insert number rank)th highest member of Al-Qaeda. Shit gets old after a while.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)this as a never ending war! New # 1 all the time