Fantastic news! Word has it the leader of an ISIS affiliate– Abu Sayeed Orakzai– is dead. He was killed in a US drone stroke, to which I say GOOD!
Leader of ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan killed in US drone strike, officials say https://t.co/ItJKZaUuTG
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 26, 2018
The deputy spokesperson for Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced the death of ISIS-K leader, Abu Sayeed Orakzai, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell said.
“I would also add that the United States unrelentingly continues its counterterrorism efforts against ISIS-K, Al-Qaeda, and other regional and international terrorist groups,” O’Donnell said in a statement.
According to Fox News, the airstrikes were “launched in the Nangarhar province, near the border with Pakistan.” Additionally, 10 other ISIS members were killed.
Orakzai is at least the 3rd ISIS-K leader in Afghanistan killed in the past 2 years. The Islamic State has lost around 90 percent of the lands bordering Iraq and Syria since declaring a caliphate in June 2014.
#BREAKING The emir of #ISIS in Afghanistan Saad Arhabi was reportedly killed during an operation led by the Afghan & US air forces in #Nangarhar province.
Arhabi is the 4th leader of #ISIS Afghan branch to be killed since 2014.#Afghanistan August 2018: pic.twitter.com/Akqd5piBNR
— Intelligence Fusion (@IntellFusion) August 26, 2018
Boom! https://t.co/Vqso2GNbQg
— George Argondizza (@GArgondizza) August 26, 2018
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WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN— Satnsfrnd (@Satnsfrnd) August 26, 2018
More please.
— Lorijoe❌ (@Lorijoe5) August 26, 2018
Right on!