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Afghanistan: U.S. Drone Strike Said to Kill ISIL Leader

HeadlineJul 13, 2015

In Afghanistan, intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike killed a former Taliban leader accused of leading ISIL in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Afghan intelligence agency said Hafiz Saeed was killed along with 30 other people it identified as insurgents in the province of Nangarhar. Meanwhile, a suicide car bomb killed at least 33 people near a military base formerly used by the CIA in the eastern Afghan province of Khost.

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