August 12, 2016
THE MIGHTY CALIPHATE WAR MACHINE:
US drone strike killed Islamic State leader in Afghanistan (LOLITA C. BALDOR, 8/12/16, Associated Press)
Gordon Trowbridge, deputy press secretary, said Hafiz Saeed Khan died in southern Nangarhar Province on July 26.The State Department last year designated Khan a global terrorist, saying he is the leader of the Islamic State in Khorasan, which includes former members of the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban. Khan had previously been a Tehrik-e Taliban commander, but last year pledged loyalty to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 12, 2016 6:44 PM