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Afghanistan drone strike 'targets IS-linked militant' Afghanistan drone strike 'kills IS commander Abdul Rauf'
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A drone strike has targeted the car of an Afghan militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State, reports say. A drone strike in Afghanistan has killed a militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS), officials say.
Mullah Abdul Rauf may have been killed, the reports add, but this has not been confirmed. The police chief of Helmand said that former Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Rauf had died in the strike.
Elders in northern Helmand province say a car carrying up to six people was destroyed by the air strike while crossing the desert. It emerged last month that Rauf had sworn allegiance to IS after falling out with the Taliban.
The car was loaded with ammunition and exploded, reports say. Elders in northern Helmand say a car carrying up to six people was destroyed while crossing the desert.
It emerged last month that Mullah Abdul Rauf, a former Taliban commander, had sworn allegiance to Islamic State after falling out with the Taliban. The car was loaded with ammunition and exploded, they said.
Rauf, who spent six years in Guantanamo Bay after being captured by US forces in 2001, was reported to have fallen out with the leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar.
He swapped the white flags of the Taliban for the black flags of IS and recruited followers in Helmand.He swapped the white flags of the Taliban for the black flags of IS and recruited followers in Helmand.
Mullah Abdul Rauf was then named as deputy leader of IS in "Khorasan" - an old name for Afghanistan - by the organisation in Syria. Rauf was then named as deputy leader of IS in "Khorasan" - an old name for Afghanistan - by the organisation in Syria.