Does the death of ISIS of Afghanistan’s head honcho have any significance? – PB/TK
U.S. Forces Kill ISIS Affiliate Leader in Afghanistan
– By Lolita C. Baldor / July 14 2017
The Pentagon says that U.S. forces killed the head of the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan in an airstrike in Kunar province earlier this week.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says that killing Abu Sayed is significant because the loss of leadership sets insurgent groups back for days or weeks.
ISIS in Afghanistan is known as the Islamic State-Khorasan group. The U.S. and Afghan forces launched an offensive against the ISIS group in early March, as the militants were gaining a foothold in eastern Afghanistan.
Continue to time.com article: http://time.com/4859560/isis-islamic-state-abu-sayed-pentagon-jim-mattis/?xid=homepage
