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Isis Afghanistan affiliate's leaders killed in US airstrikes, Afghan officials say
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Isis Afghanistan affiliate's leaders killed in US airstrikes, Afghan officials say
Agencies in Kabul
Saturday 11 July 2015 18.29 BST
Afghanistan said on Saturday that recent US airstrikes it assisted had destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State affiliate there, potentially striking a major blow to an insurgent group already targeted by local Taliban fighters.
While US officials declined to confirm it, Afghan authorities said an American airstrike on Friday killed Isis affiliate leader Hafiz Sayeed and more than 30 other militants.
That came after Afghan officials said another US airstrike on Tuesday killed the affiliate’s second-highest official, Gul Zaman, and six others, including a former Pakistani Taliban spokesman named Shahidullah Shahid.
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Sediqi offered no photographs or other evidence to show the strikes killed the Isis affiliate’s top leaders, though he said Afghan authorities verified a corpse from Friday’s strike was Sayeed. Militants with the group have not discussed the strikes online.
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Agencies in Kabul
Saturday 11 July 2015 18.29 BST
Afghanistan said on Saturday that recent US airstrikes it assisted had destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State affiliate there, potentially striking a major blow to an insurgent group already targeted by local Taliban fighters.
While US officials declined to confirm it, Afghan authorities said an American airstrike on Friday killed Isis affiliate leader Hafiz Sayeed and more than 30 other militants.
That came after Afghan officials said another US airstrike on Tuesday killed the affiliate’s second-highest official, Gul Zaman, and six others, including a former Pakistani Taliban spokesman named Shahidullah Shahid.
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Sediqi offered no photographs or other evidence to show the strikes killed the Isis affiliate’s top leaders, though he said Afghan authorities verified a corpse from Friday’s strike was Sayeed. Militants with the group have not discussed the strikes online.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/11/isis-leader-killed-us-air-strike-afghan-officials