Kabul: The spokesperson for the Islamic State militant group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in an airstrike by the US forces, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Sultan Aziz, the outfit’s spokesperson for the so-called Khorasan province — which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Iran — was hit in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, the Ministry’s 201st Selab Military Corps said in a statement. “(He) was killed in Pachir-Agam district of Nangarhar province two days ago by the US drone strike,” said the statement cited by Efe news. Aziz was also in-charge of recruiting fighters to carry out “deadly terrorist attacks against civilians”. Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan, has been a known bastion of the Islamic State since the group sprung up in Afghanistan in 2015. (IANS)
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