U.S Forces-Afghanistan on Friday night confirmed the death of the senior leader of media production for Daesh in Afghanistan, Jawad Khan.
 
According to a statement issued by USFOR-A, Khan was killed in an airstrike in Achin district, in Nangarhar on June 3.
 
“His death will disrupt the ISIS-K (Daesh Afghanistan) network, degrade their recruitment process and hinder their attempts to conduct international operations,” said Gen. John Nicholson, commander of the U.S Forces Afghanistan.
 
“There is no safe haven for ISIS-K in Afghanistan. With our Afghan partners we will continue to aggressively target ISIS-K and defeat them.”
 
According to the statement, this strike also destroyed a major Daesh production hub and disrupts their connections to Daesh in Syria.
 
In the past 10 months, Afghan and U.S counterterrorism forces have eliminated several key Daesh leaders including the local Daesh emir, Hafiz Sayed Khan and his successor Abdul Hasib.
 
According to the statement, there were no civilian casualties sustained during the strike.