WASHINGTON: The Islamic State group’s leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an air strike in Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said Friday (Saturday in Manila).

Saeed was named head of IS’s “Khorasan province,” which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighboring countries, early last year when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the jihadist group.

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