Leader of Afghan ISIS affiliate killed in U.S. drone strike

By World Tribune on August 26, 2018   Afghanistan, Exclusives, Mideast, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune  

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 The leader of Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) was killed by an American drone strike, U.S. officials said on Aug. 26. ISIS-K leader Abu Sayeed Orakzai was targeted in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, near the border with Pakistan, the deputy spokesperson for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced, according to U.S. Forces-Afghanistan spokesman […]