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Afghanistan
ISIS Khurasan leader Qari Hekmat killed in Jawzjan airstrike
2018-04-08
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria Khurasan Qari Hekmat
...who is in our archives as Qari Hekmatullah, commander of 145 ISIS gunnies before he made the acquaintance of a missile...
has been killed in an Arclight airstrike in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan.

The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said Qari Hekmat was killed in an airstrike of the US forces in Darzab district.

A statement by Shaheen Corps said the airstrike was carried out at least 11:58 am local time in Sar Dara area of Darzab on Thursday.

The statement further added that another member of the terror group was also killed in the airstrike but there are no words regarding his identity.

In the meantime, Shaheen Corps said the terror group has appointed Mawlavi Habibur Rehman as the new leader of the group to replace Qari Hekmatyar.

According to Shaheen Corps, Mawlavi Rahman is orignally a resident of the Sholgar district of northern Balkh province.

The anti-government armed bully boy and terrorist groups including ISIS group has not commented regarding the report so far.
According to Al Ahram:
Afghanistan forces killed an important Islamic State (IS) commander in an air strike, one year after he defected from the Taliban and established a new IS 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.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Branch office, Frank. ISIS-Afghanistan, like Boko Haram is ISIS-Nigeria and Ansar Bayt al Maqdis is ISIS-Sinai Peninsula.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-04-08 12:00  

#1  The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan Qari Hekmat has been killed in an Arclight airstrike in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan.

Got lost?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-08 09:06  

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