ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Top regional leader of Daesh or Islamic State group, Hafiz Saeed Khan, has been killed in a joint U.S.-Afghan operation, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday.
"I can confirm that the Daesh leader, Hafiz Saeed Khan, has been killed," Ambassador Zakhilwal told Pakistani Pashto-language "Mashriq" television in an interview. The interview will be on air on Sunday, management of the Peshawar-based television said.
The Afghan envoy said the IS leader was killed along with several other activists in a U.S. strike on July 26 with the ground support of the Afghan forces.
The Afghan media has also quoted another military official as confirming the death of Saeed Khan.
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