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Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism US airstrike kills local ISIS-K spokesman in Afghanistan
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 28 Dec 2018, 04:45 am Print
Kabul: A US force conducted airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left local spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sul Aziz Azam killed, media reports said on Friday.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said Azam was killed in an airstrike which was conducted two days ago in Nangarhar province, reported Khaama Press.
According to the report published by the news agency, Azam was also involved in recruiting militants for the terrorist group and was involved in killings of innocent civilians.
The terrorist group, however, has not commented on the issue so far.
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