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Death Of ISIS Commander Called Into Doubt

July 13 2015

Afghanistan

Afghan officials have announced that the top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, reports Reuters.

Hafez Saeed was the leader of the Islamic State's so-called "Khorasan state," said Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday.

U.S. officials said they doubted the reports of his death, reported NBC News.

Saeed, a former Taliban leader who declared allegiance to ISIS, was killed along 30 other militants as they...

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