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This Article is From Jul 11, 2015

Top Islamic State Leader Hafiz Saeed Killed in Drone Strike in Afghanistan

Top Islamic State Leader Hafiz Saeed Killed in Drone Strike in Afghanistan
File Photo: Members of Islamic State terrorist group. (Associated Press)
Kabul: The head of the Islamic State group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials and militant commanders said on Saturday.

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

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

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