The Afghan intelligence agency has confirmed that the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS,ISIL) leader in Afghanistan was killed in a drone strike in the eastern part of the country earlier this week.
The National Directorate of Security confirmed on Thursday that the IS leader in Afghanistan, Shahidullah Shahid, along with several other IS militants, was killed in a drone strike in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar on Tuesday.
Based on #NDS intelligence, Mawlawi Shahedullah Shahed, a senior ISIS commander was killed in a air strike in Achin district, Nengarhar.
— NDS Afghanistan (@NDSAfghanistan) July 9, 2015
He led IS in the Khorasan province. Shahid, a former member of the Pakistani Taliban, was ousted from the group in October 2014, and was one of the first to pledge allegiance to IS in Afghanistan, local media TOLOnews reported.
IS militants have conquered large areas of northern Syria and parts of Iraq and gained a foothold in war-torn Libya, Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, Afghanistan and other unstable regions of the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
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