<p>The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province, the Pentagon has said.<br /><br />The killing of Abu Sayed, the emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), marked the third time within a year that the terror group's Afghanistan branch has lost its leader.<br /><br />"US forces killed Abu Sayed, the emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on July 11," Pentagon Spokesman Dana White has said.<br /><br />The raid also killed other ISIS-K members and will significantly disrupt the terror group's plans to expand its presence in Afghanistan, she said.<br /><br />ISIS leaders chose Abu Sayed to lead the group after Afghan and US forces killed the previous ISIS-K leaders -- Hafiz Sayed Khan in late July 2016, and Abdul Hasib, in late April of this year.<br /><br />"Afghan and US forces launched a counter-ISIS-K offensive in early March, 2017, to drive fighters from Nangarhar and send a clear message to ISIS that there is no sanctuary for their fighters in Afghanistan," White said.<br /><br />General John Nicholson, who leads US forces-Afghanistan, said, "We will continue until they are annihilated. There is no safe haven for ISIS-K in Afghanistan."<br /><br />The US has been hitting ISIS targets in the war-torn country regulaly and in April it dropped the largest non- nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat.<br /><br />The deployment of the so-called Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) killed at least 95 jihadists, according to reports. </p>
<p>The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province, the Pentagon has said.<br /><br />The killing of Abu Sayed, the emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), marked the third time within a year that the terror group's Afghanistan branch has lost its leader.<br /><br />"US forces killed Abu Sayed, the emir of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on July 11," Pentagon Spokesman Dana White has said.<br /><br />The raid also killed other ISIS-K members and will significantly disrupt the terror group's plans to expand its presence in Afghanistan, she said.<br /><br />ISIS leaders chose Abu Sayed to lead the group after Afghan and US forces killed the previous ISIS-K leaders -- Hafiz Sayed Khan in late July 2016, and Abdul Hasib, in late April of this year.<br /><br />"Afghan and US forces launched a counter-ISIS-K offensive in early March, 2017, to drive fighters from Nangarhar and send a clear message to ISIS that there is no sanctuary for their fighters in Afghanistan," White said.<br /><br />General John Nicholson, who leads US forces-Afghanistan, said, "We will continue until they are annihilated. There is no safe haven for ISIS-K in Afghanistan."<br /><br />The US has been hitting ISIS targets in the war-torn country regulaly and in April it dropped the largest non- nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat.<br /><br />The deployment of the so-called Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) killed at least 95 jihadists, according to reports. </p>