Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed - Pentagon

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, was killed in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar province earlier this week, the Pentagon said on Friday.

 

Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement that other members of the Islamic State group were also killed in the strike on Tuesday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters, "The significance is you kill a leader of one of these groups and it sets them back ... it is obviously a victory on our side in terms of setting them back, it is the right direction."

 

Sayed is the third Islamic State leader in Afghanistan to be killed since July 2016.

 

Former leader Abdul Hasib was killed in a joint U.S. and Afghan operation on April 27 in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Hasib's predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a U.S. drone strike in 2016.

 

Afghan troops, backed by U.S. warplanes and special forces, have been battling militants linked to Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan for years.

 

The local affiliate of Islamic State, sometimes known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) after an old name for the region that includes Afghanistan, has been active since 2015, fighting the Taliban and Afghan and U.S. forces.

 

General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has vowed to defeat Islamic State there this year.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-15

"Sayed is the third Islamic State leader in Afghanistan to be killed since July 2016."

 

Short life expectancy in that job.

1 hour ago, USNret said:

"Sayed is the third Islamic State leader in Afghanistan to be killed since July 2016."

 

Short life expectancy in that job.

dont worry there is a line of guys waiting for their turn as the boss. this war on terror is perpetual. doubt the yanks will ever try another tactic, not as long as the weapons factories are doing good business.

Another worthless pos gone to rendezvous with 72 virgins.   <deleted> a dead man can do with 72 virgins is beyond me.

Another worthless pos gone to rendezvous with 72 virgins.   a dead man can do with 72 virgins is beyond me.

The thing is your never disapointed, because when your dead thats it the end so you never know that it was all just a load of old tosh.
The afterlife and the virgins etc

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This is the same announcement they made hundred of times and it has not slowed down terrorism in the world at all, different approach needed like going after the scum-suckers who finance them and sell them weapons...oh wait....that's us !

4 hours ago, tonray said:

This is the same announcement they made hundred of times and it has not slowed down terrorism in the world at all, different approach needed like going after the scum-suckers who finance them and sell them weapons...oh wait....that's us !

We sell them weapons?   Please explain.   Do we have bilateral agreement?  

 

 

2 hours ago, Credo said:

We sell them weapons?   Please explain.   Do we have bilateral agreement?  

 

 

We provide weapons to many players in the region who then provide or sell these weapons to terrorists on the black market.

58 minutes ago, tonray said:

We provide weapons to many players in the region who then provide or sell these weapons to terrorists on the black market.

Well that's a lot different that selling them weapons.