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ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON � The leader of Islamic State in Afghanistan has been killed in a joint raid in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghan and U.S. military officials confirmed Sunday.

Sheikh Abdul Hasib, the Emir of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant � Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan, was killed in a combined Afghan/U.S. raid, the U.S. military said.

Dozens of Afghan and American special forces killed Sheikh Abdul Hasib along with his 35 fighters in a combined operation against an IS cave and tunnel complex in the Achin district, the statement added.

Other high-ranking IS leaders also are said to have been killed in the April 27 operation.

Hasib was appointed last year following the death of his predecessor, Hafiz Saeed Khan � a former Pakistani Taliban commander - in a U.S. drone strike in the same Afghan province.

Branching out from Iraq and Syria � and fueled by a growing militancy in Central Asia � Islamic State launched its operations in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region two years ago, naming it IS's Khorasan province (IS-K) to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan and other nearby lands.

The U.S. military often refers to the terror group as ISIS-K.

Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson praised the successful joint operation as another important step in the relentless campaign to defeat IS in the country in 2017.

This is the second ISIS-K emir [leader] we have killed in nine months, along with dozens of their leaders and hundreds of their fighters, Nicholson noted.

Source: Voice of America

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