The U.S. targeted and killed a top ISIS commander in Afghanistan and released a video of the operation (see below).

Qari Hikmatullah and his bodyguard were killed, according to a press statement.

“[Afghan Special Security Forces] and U.S. counter-terrorism forces killed Hikmatullah and they will kill any successors,” said Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. “IS-K [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province] will be eliminated.”

Hikmatullah was a senior commander and was instrumental in the transport of ISIS’ fighters into the northern Afghan province of Jowzjan.

“IS-K in Jowzjan province is the main conduit for external support and foreign fighters from Central Asian states into Afghanistan,” read the press statement. “Hikmatullah was the key leader for those operations.”

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