by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2017 | Middle East
Kabul – The head of ISIS in Afghanistan was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by Afghan and US Special Forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, US and Afghan officials said on Sunday. Abdul Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2016 | World
Cairo-U.S. General Commander John Nicholson has said that Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 ISIS ultra-hardline fighters in an operation launched two weeks ago. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Nicholson, labeled...