Tag: Hafiz Saeed Khan

ISLAMABAD: The US drone strike that killed Islamic State's commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement's ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force.

PESHAWAR: The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan said on Friday, though the American military said it could not confirm that.

PESHAWAR: A key militant commander was killed along with three accomplices following blast in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, ARY News reported.