The leader of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan has been killed in airstrikes in the eastern province of Nangarhar.<\/p>\n
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The leader of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan has been killed in airstrikes in the eastern province of Nangarhar.<\/p>\n
According to a statement released by the National Directorate of Security in the capital Kabul on Sunday, Abu Saad Erhabi was killed during airstrikes jointly conducted by Afghan and foreign forces on Daesh hideouts in Khogyani district on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The statement added that at least 10 other members of the terror outfit had been slain during the ground and air anti-terror operation in the province. A large amount of heavy and light weapons and ammunition had also been destroyed during the strikes in the vicinity of the village of Khogyani.<\/p>\n
Erhabi was the fourth Daesh leader in Afghanistan to be killed since July 2017, the provincial governor\u2019s spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani, said, confirming Erhabi\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
Daesh has managed to establish a stronghold in Nangarhar, on Afghanistan\u2019s porous eastern border with Pakistan, and become one of the country\u2019s most dangerous terror outfits.<\/p>\n
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