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| Top Isis leader killed in US air strike, say Afghan intelligence officials | Top Isis leader killed in US air strike, say Afghan intelligence officials |
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| Afghan intelligence officials said on Saturday that a US air strike killed the top leader of a local Islamic State affiliate and more than 30 other militants near the country’s rugged eastern border with Pakistan. | Afghan intelligence officials said on Saturday that a US air strike killed the top leader of a local Islamic State affiliate and more than 30 other militants near the country’s rugged eastern border with Pakistan. |
| A spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan, Colonel Brian Tribus, said later on Saturday that “US forces conducted a precision strike in Achin District, Nangarhar Province, on 10 July against individuals threatening the force”. | A spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan, Colonel Brian Tribus, said later on Saturday that “US forces conducted a precision strike in Achin District, Nangarhar Province, on 10 July against individuals threatening the force”. |
| The US and its allies also carried out 34 air strikes against Isis militants in Syria and Iraq on Friday, the US military said. | |
| The strike in Afghanistan killed Isis affiliate leader Hafeez Sayeed and others on Friday, said Abdul Hassib Sediqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security. Sediqi said Afghan intelligence officials provided information to US forces, which carried out the strike. | |
| Nato officials declined to immediately comment on the claim, saying they would issue a statement later on Saturday. | |
| The Afghan government has warned that Isis, rooted in Iraq and Syria, is making inroads into Afghanistan and is active in at least three provinces. The Taliban, which has been at war with the government for nearly 14 years, has warned Isis to stay out. Both groups want Islamic rule but the Taliban does not recognise the Islamic State’s self-declared “caliphate”. | The Afghan government has warned that Isis, rooted in Iraq and Syria, is making inroads into Afghanistan and is active in at least three provinces. The Taliban, which has been at war with the government for nearly 14 years, has warned Isis to stay out. Both groups want Islamic rule but the Taliban does not recognise the Islamic State’s self-declared “caliphate”. |
| On Tuesday, Afghan officials said a US air strike in Nangarhar province killed the second-highest official in the local Isis affiliate, Gul Zaman, and six others, including a former Pakistani Taliban spokesman. | On Tuesday, Afghan officials said a US air strike in Nangarhar province killed the second-highest official in the local Isis affiliate, Gul Zaman, and six others, including a former Pakistani Taliban spokesman. |
| Targets near the city of Hasaka were hit in 12 of the 17 strikes in Syria, a US military statement said on Saturday. The allied forces also carried out 17 air strikes near eight cities in Iraq, including four near the northern city of Mosul. | |
| Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded near a religious school in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing three children and wounding six, said Samim Khpolwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor in Kandahar province. | |
| No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. | No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. |