{"id":401539,"date":"2017-07-15T12:44:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T12:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/us-kills-leader-of-isis-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T12:44:52","slug":"us-kills-leader-of-isis-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/us-kills-leader-of-isis-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US kills leader of ISIS in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pentagon said Friday that US forces have killed Abu Sayed, the leader of ISIS-Khorasan, the terror group\u2019s Afghanistan affiliate.<\/p>\n

The \u201cEmir\u201d of ISIS-K was killed \u201cin a strike on the group\u2019s headquarters in Kunar Province, July 11,\u201d Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said in a statement.<\/p>\n

US Navy Captain Bill Salvin, spokesman for US Forces Afghanistan provided additional detail of how Abu Sayed was killed. Salvin said he was killed in an airstrike by a US drone. The initial Pentagon statement described Sayed being killed in a \u201craid\u201d.<\/p>\n

Secretary of Defense James Mattis told reporters on Friday that the death of a leader like Sayed \u201csets them back for a day a week, a month, it\u2019s about who it is and what kind of people are below them. It is obviously a victory on our side in terms of setting them back, it\u2019s the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, US Forces Afghanistan said in a statement, \u201cThis operation is another success in our campaign to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan in 2017. Abu Sayed is the third ISIS-K emir we have killed in the last year and we will continue until they are annihilated. There is no safe haven for ISIS-K in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hafiz Sayed Khan was killed in July 2016 and another emir Abdul Hasib was killed during a joint US-Afghan commando raid in April.<\/p>\n

April\u2019s raid also resulted in the deaths of several other high ranking leaders of ISIS-K, the terror group\u2019s regional branch, and 35 ISIS fighters. Two American soldiers died in the attack, perhaps from friendly fire, military officials said at the time.<\/p>\n

The presence of Sayed in Kunar is noteworthy, the other two leaders were killed in neighbouring Nangarhar province the terror organisation\u2019s traditional powerbase.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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