Top IS-Khorasan Commander Killed in Southern Afghanistan

A Top Kashmiri commander of the Khorasan Brach of ISIS has been killed in southern Afghanistan, a report said on Tuesday.

The senior commander Ejaz Amin Ahangar, known as Abu Osman Al-Kashmiri, is a senior member of the Islamic State of Khorasan in the southern province of Afghanistan.

According to intelligence authorities and members of his family, Abu Osman is thought to have been slain in southern Afghanistan. He is accused of being the leader of an Islamic State cell responsible for a string of suicide attacks by Indian nationals in Kabul and Jalalabad.

Abu Osman was previously a part of the “Mujahideen Movement” in Kashmir, Pakistan. In 2015, he eventually joined ISIS after initially joining Al-Qaeda.

Abu Osman has reportedly been slain by the Taliban and was discovered dead in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.

Recently, the group has increased their attacks in different parts of Afghanistan, particularly Kabul city, targeting Taliban officials and foreign nationals and people.

Meanwhile, the interim government in Afghanistan have launched numerous operations to kill the group members in the country

Source: khaama