Saad Erhabi, the fourth leader of Islamic State’s (IS) branch in Afghanistan, has been killed, Afghan authorities say. US forces say its joint raid “targeted a senior leader of a designated terrorist organization.”Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said Erhabi was killed at a village in Khugyani district in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night along with 10 other IS members. The directorate said Erhabi was the fourth leader of the relatively small but potent group killed since early 2015. Eastern AfghanistanNangarhar, the origin of IS in Afghanistan, lies on the country’s porous eastern border with Pakistan. ISIS-K has fought both Afghanistan’s main insurgent group, the Taliban, as well as Afghan and US-led forces deployed over nearly 17 years.

Source: Egypt Independent August 27, 2018 10:52 UTC