US Airstrike in Afghanistan kill Daesh head in Kunar
KABUL, Aug 13 (INP): NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan confirmed in a statement on Sunday that a Daesh leader has been killed in an airstrike in Kunar.
According to the statement, RS said the “death of Kunar provincial Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) emir, Abdul Rahman,” has been confirmed.
The statement said that Rahman was killed in an airstrike on August 10 with three additional senior Daesh members in Darah-e-Pech district of Kunar.
“The death of Abdul Rahman deals yet another blow to the senior leadership of ISIS-K," said Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, US Forces-Afghanistan.
“He found out just like those before him that there are no safe havens in Afghanistan. We will hunt them down until they are no longer a threat to the Afghan people and the region,” according to the statement.
It said that Rahman, in addition to being a provincial emir, was a primary candidate to become the Daesh emir following the death of Abu Sayed in July.
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