Afghan Air Strike Kills ISIS Commander

Afghan Air Strike Kills ISIS Commander
US Forces-Afghanistan via Storyful
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KABUL–Afghanistan forces killed an important ISIS commander in an air strike, one year after he defected from the Taliban and established a new ISIS foothold in the country, security officials said.

Qari Hekmat was killed in a drone strike on Thursday afternoon in the Darz Aab district of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, said Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for the Afghan National Army Air Corps.